For a report of the fantastic meeting, click here. Film director Ken Loach talks about writer and poet, Kevin Higgins who was suspended from the Labour Party in June 2016 for writing a satirical poem about Tony Blair. LAW honorary president Moshé Machover: LAW chair Jackie Walker: LAW vice-chair Tony Greenstein:
Ken Loach: “This witch-hunt is a complete nonsense”
Filmmaker Ken Loach addressed spirited meeting of Labour Against the Witchhunt in London on January 29 More than 70 people crammed into London’s Conway Hall last night (January 29) to discuss the ongoing witch-hunt against the left in the Labour Party and what can be done to stop it. Hundreds of left-wing and pro-Palestinian members […]
Open letter to John Mann MP from Jackie Walker
(via email john.mann.mp@parliament.uk) Dear John Mann MP, I read with interest your article in the Jewish Chronicle dated 23rd January 2018. I realise this is a report from the Jewish Chronicle and therefore not a reliable source however, you are reported as saying (about me), and by inference of Israeli influence in British politics and […]
On the case of David Watson: Open letter to the NEC, Compliance Unit and Constitutional Committee
To the NEC, Compliance Unit and Constitutional Committee Sisters and Brothers 23 January 2018 We have waited for 19 months for the Chakrabarti Enquiry’s recommendations to be put into practice, and give our party the fair disciplinary procedures it needs and deserves. We hope that the NEC will make a start today by clearing David […]
NEC should put an end to the years in limbo
Stan Keable, secretary of Labour Against the Witchhunt, reports on a successful lobby of Labour’s NEC (this report also appeared in the Weekly Worker) Around 40 Labour Party left-wingers and Corbynistas gathered in London on January 23 outside the posh Labour headquarters at 105 Victoria Street. We were there for Labour Against the Witchhunt’s lobby […]
Support Marc Wadsworth!
LAW member Marc Wadsworth needs help covering his legal fees to fight his suspension from the Labour Party. His hearing is in less than two months’ time. Marc is – like hundreds of others – a victim of the ongoing civil war in the Labour Party. Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn have been expelled and suspended […]
Jackie Walker on the Daily Politics show
Labour Against the Witchhunt chair Jackie Walker was interviewed on the Daily Politics today (January 23). Despite being constantly interrupted by the presenter, she managed to demand a swift end of the witch-hunt against left-wing and pro-Palestinian members. She also clarified that the witch-hunt is not orchestrated by Jeremy Corbyn, but is a campaign by […]
LAW’s lobby of the Labour Party NEC
Around 40 supporters (and a few witches) showed up today, January 23, to help us lobby the Labour Party NEC to demand an end to the witch-hunt against left-wing and pro-Palestinian Labour members. Expelled and suspended members (amongst them Jackie Walker, Marc Wadsworth and Tony Greenstein) spoke to NEC members and lots of press.
LAW in the media
Click here to read LAW press releases Morning Star January 20 2020 Reporting about our open letter to Rebecca Long-Bailey, urging her to withdraw support from the Board of Deputies’ 10 Pledges Daily Mail January 20 2020 Furious ultra-Corbynites blast Rebecca Long-Bailey after Labour leadership contender backs plan to fight anti-Semitism organised by ‘pro-Israel’ Board […]
Cyril Chilson: Disciplinary hearing on January 27
Dear Comrades,I was notified this evening that my hearing of the disciplinary charge that has been presented by the NEC against me will take place on Saturday 27 January 2018, starting at 12 noon, at a venue in Oxford, details of which will be confirmed shortly. Needless to say, I will keep you posted.As I have […]
Mike Paling – expelled for sharing Facebook posts
On the very same day that LAW’s honorary president Moshé Machover was expelled from the Labour Party, so was Michael Paling. But, unlike Moshé, whose expulsion had to be overturned by a successful international campaign, comrade Paling remains expelled. Mike was a member of Redcar CLP prior to his expulsion. The MP there is the notoriously […]
Order LAW’s new badges
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Order LAW’s new leaflet
Download front page and back page in PDF format or download in A4 format (both pages side by side) You can now order copies of this leaflet for distribution in your local area: 20 leaflets for £2 50 leaflets for £3 100 leaflets for £5 200 leaflets for £8 1k leaflets for £30 You can pay via […]
Anti-Semitism training by the JLM? Just say no!
We understand that the Jewish Labour Movement is writing to Constituency Labour Parties offering training sessions in opposing anti-semitism. While opposed to racism in all its forms, we urge CLPs to reject the JLM’s offer for the following reasons: The JLM encourages the adoption of the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-semitism, with […]