Comrades should be aware that the Labour Party is now auto-excluding members for clicking ‘Like’. The NEC motion of July 20 2021 listed a number of reasons as to why the Labour Party might ‘auto-exclude’ somebody – but funnily enough, it did not list clicking ‘like’ on a Facebook post put up by the now-proscribed […]
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Message to Comrades targeted by the Party following the NEC decision to proscribe LAW and LIEN
General Background The NEC meeting on 20th July identified evidence of support for proscribed organisations (based on 2.1.4B) as follows: …examples of “support” for any of the above organisations for purposes of Chapter 2, Clause I.4.B of the Labour Party Rule Book may include: a. Membership of any of the four organisations;b. Standing for election […]
Labour Party conference 2021 – what’s going on?
We’ll be constantly updating this page, so please keep checking back 1) Are you coming to Brighton for LP conference (September 25-28)? Let us know if you are a delegate or visitor to conference or if you are coming to Brighton to attend the Resist at the Rialto Event. We are setting up a special […]
Not the Forde Inquiry II – tell your story!
What has Labour done to YOU? Been on tenterhooks waiting for the repeatedly delayed Forde Inquiry to report? Enough we say!! Do you have a story of injustice, undemocratic process, or other dirty goings on in Labour? This is your chance to talk back! As the dwindling resources of Starmer’s Labour continue to be spent […]
How to prove you’re not a witch…?
Today, Friday August 13, a number of Labour Party members have received letters entitled “Notification of Possible Automatic Exclusion from Membership of the Labour Party” over their alleged association with Labour Against the Witchhunt. These letters confirm that in order to be considered a member or supporter of LAW, you will have to have committed […]
We want justice and democracy – not bans and proscriptions! Protest outside Labour HQ on July 20
Sign the petition: Defend the left – against all bans and proscriptions!
Sign the petition now! https://www.change.org/DefendTheLeft Like the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Defend-The-Left-against-all-bans-and-proscriptions-107876054914888 Add your group/CLP/Trade union branch by emailing info@defendtheleft.co.uk Initial supporting organisations include: Jewish Voice for Labour, Labour Against the Witchhunt, Labour In Exile Network, Labour Left Alliance, Labour Party Marxists, Labour Representation Committee, Socialist Appeal and Socialist Resistance https://www.defendtheleft.co.uk ; https://twitter.com/DefendTheLeft ; If your organisation/CLP/union […]
Defend the Left! No bans, no proscriptions!
There are alarming reports that the July 20 meeting of the Labour Party NEC will discuss a motion proposing the proscription of four left-wing groups: Labour Against the Witchhunt, Labour in Exile Network, Socialist Appeal and Socialist Resistance (or Resist, there are different reports). We are holding an emergency meeting tomorrow evening with other Labour […]
Just say No to antisemitism training by the JLM!
Joint statement by Labour Against the Witchhunt, Labour Campaign for Free Speech, Labour Left Alliance and Labour in Exile Network Why you should NOT participate in the JLM ‘training sessions’ on antisemitism A number of Labour Party members and role holders have been invited by general secretary David Evans to participate in online training sessions […]
June 5, 7pm: Not the Forde Enquiry
Martin Forde QC launched his inquiry into the leaked report on the Labour Party’s Governance and Legal Unit in May 2020. The leaked report appeared to show horrific attempts by the party’s paid officials to undermine the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn – but also many mistakes made by the Corbyn leadership, which made concession after […]
Resist at Labour Party conference 2021
Labour Against the Witchhunt and a number of other organisations have got together to jointly discuss how we can intervene at this year’s Labour Party conference. Like a number of groups, we had our venues cancelled in the run up to the 2018 and 2019 conferences, when pro-Israel supporters wrongly claimed that we were supporting […]
Model motion to LP conference: Abandon IHRA and adopt the Jerusalem Declaration
This motion has been drafted as a model motion to go to Labour Party conference 2021, but it can be tweaked for other purposes. Please note that this has to go through your branch first, then your CLP and needs to be submitted to the NEC by September 13 in order to be heard at Labour Party […]
Statement & model motion: Solidarity with Howard Beckett!
Joint statement by Labour Against the Witchhunt, Labour Left Alliance, Labour in Exile Network, Rotherham Labour Left and Sheffield Labour Left. To add your organisation’s name, please email info@labouragainstthewitchhunt.org Solidarity with Howard Beckett!Nominate him in the UNITE general secretary elections! Of course Howard Beckett was not being racist when he sarcastically wrote that Priti Patel […]
Labour Campaign for Free Speech
Contributors to the conference on Saturday February 13 included Norman Finkelstein, former Labour MP Chris Williamson (founder Resistance Movement), Graham Bash from Jewish Voice for Labour, anti-apartheid veteran Ronnie Kasrils, suspended CLP chair Esther Giles, Sami Ramadani (Stop the War Coalition), Jamie Stern-Weiner (expert on IHRA) and David Miller (University of Bristol). The conference established […]