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 […]
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Forde Enquiry: Submission by Labour Against the Witchhunt
Download the PDF version of this submission here. 1. Introduction The report ‘The work of the Labour Party’s Governance and Legal Unit in relation to antisemitism, 2014 – 2019’ (the Report), gives us irrefutable proof of the plotting and outright sabotage committed against Corbyn, and the hundreds of thousands who joined the party following his […]
RLB sacking: Stop the anti-left witch-hunt!
LAW Statement June 26 2020 Labour Against the Witchhunt condemns the June 25 sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey from the shadow cabinet. Her ‘crime’ was retweeing an interview in The Independent with the actor Maxine Peake. Repeating a widely circulated but inaccurate story, Maxine commented: “The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George […]
The leaked report: witness statements, analysis, reports, CLP statements and more
As experienced activists in the Labour Party, we knew that the right in the party was plotting against Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters from day one. We knew, because we were the victims of their wrongful suspensions, their expulsions and their public smears and lies, all based on the flimsiest of evidence. The report now […]
How to use the new trigger ballot to deselect your MP
Labour Party conference 2018 voted to introduce two separate trigger ballots: one for all the Labour branches of a CLP, another one for all local affiliates (trade unions, socialist societies, cooperative organisations). Here is how it works (please note that CLPs are still awaiting written guidelines – though MPs seem to have been sent a […]
Pete Willsman’s suspension: Part of the coup against Corbyn
This article first appeared in the Weekly Worker Pete Willsman is the victim of a well-timed sting – yet his own CLPD comrades will not stand in solidarity with him. Carla Roberts reports On May 31, Labour Party general secretary Jennie Formby informed other members of the national executive committee that she had put Pete […]
Jeremy Corbyn’s letter is welcome, but very late
We welcome Jeremy Corbyn’s fighting spirit in his letter to the Board of Deputies. As usual, the BoD reacted with fake outrage to the ‘news’ that Corbyn wrote a foreword to the hugely influential book ‘Imperialism – a Study’ by AN Hobson. We particularly agree with this paragraph: This accusation is the latest in a […]
Why LAW opposes the IHRA ‘definition’ of anti-Semitism
“It is designed to allow any criticism of the actions of the state of Israel to be dismissed as ‘anti-Semitism’” As agreed unanimously at LAW’s conference on February 2 2019 This conference rejects the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) ‘definition’ of anti-Semitism in its entirety. We note that: The IHRA ‘definition’ reads: “Antisemitism is a […]
Motions to LAW conference, Saturday February 2 2019
1. The slow coup against Jeremy Corbyn – download PDF version here 2. Why LAW opposes the IHRA ‘Definition of Anti-Semitism’ – download PDF version here 3. LAW support to activists – download PDF version here 4. Model motion on IHRA to be recommended to CLPs/Union branches – download PDF version here 5. LAW draft constitution – download PDF version […]
Do not cooperate with the ‘Antisemitism Monitoring Centre’!
We call on all Labour Party members to stay well clear of the Jewish Labour Movement’s latest stunt. The JLM, which is the sister party of the Zionist Labor Party in Israel, has written to CLP secretaries, asking them to distribute their “survey” on anti-Semitism in the Labour Party to all local members. Many CLP […]
Join us at Labour Party conference 2018!
Are you planning on coming to Liverpool for Labour Party conference? Can you help us out with our intervention? Check out eight key events at conference below. We are at a crucial moment in the civil war in the party, with the witch-hunt against Jeremy Corbyn and the left in the party reaching ever new […]
Mark Serwotka: “we shouldn’t be frightened of calling it a racist state”
Excellent contribution by PCS leader Mark Serwotka… article from The Independent Labour antisemitism row was created by Israel to distract from ‘atrocities’, trade union boss suggests PCS leader Mark Serwotka claims there is ‘something sinister going on’ behind ‘the most systematic attempt’ to shut down criticism of Israel The leader of one of Britain’s main trade unions […]
Reinstate Stan Keable!
Around 30 people attended LAW’s lobby of Hammersmith and City council’s meeting on July 16. Stan was sacked from his job at the council for saying that the Zionist movement collaborated with the Nazi regime – a well documented if shameful historical fact. He said this on March 26, in a conversation in Parliament Square. […]
Suspended by the Labour Party? Read this.
This Kafkaesque account of his suspension has been published by Ben Timberley on Facebook – we republish it here for all those who are not on FB and to allow easy access. BEN TIMBERLEY·WEDNESDAY, 27 JUNE 2018 As you’ll see in the story below, suspended or expelled Labour party members face a gruelling task to […]