“The battle is won. The war rages on”. This is how Chris Williamson has aptly summed up the High Court judgment, which was delivered at Birmingham’s Civil Justice Centre today, October 10 2019. The judge ruled that the Labour Party acted unlawfully in re-suspending Chris on 28 June, and “that there was no proper reason” […]
Tag: NEC
LAW statement: Oppose fast track expulsions!
We urge all delegates at Labour Party conference to vote AGAINST the proposal coming from the NEC meeting of September 17 (this will probably be debated on Sunday). As we go to press, we have not seen the full text, but we understand that it will allow sub-panels of the NEC to swiftly expel members […]
Open letter: No Jennie Formby, we will not be informers!
We, the undersigned, are greatly concerned about recent communication from Labour’s General Secretary Jennie Formby aimed at Facebook groups which have ‘Labour Party’ or ‘Jeremy Corbyn’ in their title (the full letter is below). We are particularly outraged by the following passage which states “posts and conversations with antisemitic or otherwise discriminatory content” should be […]
Momentum drops Pete Willsman – support the comrade!
Pete Willsman, stalwart of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD), is the latest Corbyn supporter in the crosshairs of the right in the Labour Party. Incredibly, in this witch-hunt they are supported by the likes of former left-winger Owen Jones, who calls on people not to vote for Willsman in the forthcoming NEC elections. […]
Muddying the water: LAW statement on Labour’s new Anti-Semitism Code of Conduct
LAW Statement, July 9 2018: Labour’s Anti-Semitism Code of Conduct The Labour Party’s new Anti-Semitism Code of Conduct, issued last week, was clearly intended to put an end to the campaign of false allegations of anti-Semitism. Instead it has achieved the precise opposite. The Code has been the subject of a fierce attack by Zionist […]
LAW lobby: NEC members sneak in through the back door
Intrepid opponents of the Labour purge of pro-Corbyn supporters braved freezing weather to be on a lobby of the party’s National Executive Committee today. They included members of Grassroots Black Left, the Labour Representation Committee, Jewish Voice for Labour, Labour Party Marxists and Brighton and Hove Momentum. Organised by Labour Against the Witchhunt (LAW), the […]
Statement on Iain McNicol’s resignation
Labour Against the Witchhunt welcomes the resignation of Labour Party general secretary Iain McNicol. He was directly in charge of the unelected and discredited compliance unit, which has purged thousands of pro-Corbyn members from the party. We see his resignation very much as an important symbol and an integral part of our fight to radically […]
Solidarity with Moshé Machover – the labour movement speaks out!
(please not that this article first appeared on the website of Labour Party Marxists – all links refer to that site) The expulsion of long-standing Israeli socialist Moshé Machover from the Labour Party (expulsion letter here) caused shockwaves throughout the labour movement. We feature the motions and statements in support of Moshé and against the […]
We call on Labour’s National Executive Committee
Labour Against the Witchhunt calls on Labour’s National Executive Committee to: Stop the expulsions of Tony Greenstein, Jackie Walker and Marc Wadsworth! Reinstate all those who have been ‘auto-excluded’! No more automatic expulsions and suspensions! Apologise for the ‘anti-Semitism’ smear against Moshé Machover! Reject the fake IHRA definition of anti-Semitism! Abolish Labour’s Compliance Unit!