So far, at least 29 CLPs, 9 Momentum branches and dozens of trade union bodies and left Labour organisations have come out in solidarity with Chris Williamson MP (we know of couple of other CLPs where it was decided not to publish the successful resolution). Each CLP has an average of 800 members, so you […]
Here is the statement from Chris Williamson this afternoon, via 8 tweets issued on October 10, 4.30pm ‘The battle is won. The war rages on. The High Court has today judged that the Labour Party acted unlawfully in re-suspending me on 28 June, and “that there was no proper reason” for doing so. I’m glad […]
As of August 20, Chris Williamson MP has already raised over half of the £75,000 required to legally challenge his deeply unjust ‘re-suspension’ from the Labour Party – please help him by donating to his legal fund and/or invite him and Tosh McDonald to bring the ‘Democracy Roadshow’ to your locality (get in touch and […]
Jon Lansman, Chair, Momentum Cc Laura Parker, Momentum National Coordinator Bcc National Coordinating Group 19 March 2019 Jon, As officers of Bury Momentum we are writing to express our dismay and anger at your recent comments on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme of 25 February when you said Labour had “a major problem with anti-Semitism” […]
We have been contacted by dozens of people in the last few days, so we have put together this detailed article to assure you that there is NO BAN on moving motions in support of Chris Williamson in your branch/CLP – despite what you might have read in the media or been told by a regional official. […]
UPDATE: Jo Bird’s suspension was lifted on March 15, though apparently she was given a ‘warning’ – for telling jokes! Labour Against the Witchhunt unreservedly condemns the suspension from the Labour Party of Jewish councillor for Bromborough Jo Bird. At a Justice4Marc meeting last year in Manchester (in solidarity with Marc Wadsworth) she made a […]
THERE IS NO BAN! We hear that in a number of branches and CLPs, the chair has prevented the meeting from discussing motions in support of Chris, because of apparent recent advice by Labour HQ. We have produced detailed guidelines on this issue here. Model motion 1 Don’t expel Chris Williamson MP from the Labour Party This Meeting: […]
The suspension of Chris Williamson MP is an absolute disgrace. We stand in full solidarity with Chris, who must be cleared as soon as possible by Labour’s “investigation” – though judging by how Jackie Walker, Marc Wadsworth, Tony Greenstein, Ken Livingstone and many, many more Corbyn supporters have been thrown under the bus, we have […]
Labour Against the Witchhunt held a successful fringe meeting at the Labour conference. Stan Keable reports “There can be no greater injustice than anti-racists being accused of racism by racists,” the Scouse comedian Alexie Sayle told LAW’s packed fringe meeting on Sunday night. The potential for a “massive transformation” of the Labour Party and society […]
Click here to download all messages of support in a PDF file: from Alexei Sayle, Ken Loach and Chris Williamson MP Please accept my apologies that I can’t be with you tonight, but I would like to express my support for and solidarity with Marc’s campaign to clear his name. I attended Marc’s hearing and spoke on his […]
