Thread by @habibi_uk

"In these difficult times we need to make a stand against the growth of racism, Islamophobia and antisemitism and any attempt to divide working people."

Stirring words from "Stand Up To Racism" and the TUC!

So why is Glen Hart of the RMT speaking? 1/10
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Hart is Chair of the RMT’s Black and Ethnic Minority Members’ Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the TUC Race Relations Committee.

Well, here he is just yesterday hurling “white supremacist” at a campaigner against antisemitism, in the midst of the Ken Loach furore. 2/10

And here he is with the “stalwarts” Chris Williamson and Marc Wadsworth.

Both were prominent figures in the Labour antisemitism crisis. Wadsworth was expelled in 2018 for bringing the party into disrepute. Williamson was dropped as a Labour candidate for Parliament in 2019. 3/10

Hart also showed his support for Wadsworth shortly after he was expelled from Labour by promoting this meeting. 4/10

As for Williamson, he is nothing less than a "true antiracist". 5/10

Hart is keen on Jackie Walker too. In 2019, he offered “solidarity” to her at an RMT conference, just as she was being expelled from Labour for "prejudicial and grossly detrimental behaviour against the party". He added a "WeStandWithChrisWillamson" hashtag. 6/10

Here is a picture from that meeting, showing people holding up “Labour Against the Witch-Hunt” (LAW) placards. LAW defends Walker and others pitched out of Labour. One placard rejects the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which Labour had adopted nine months earlier. 7/10

According to an RMT report, Walker’s film was screened at the meeting to illustrate her “persecution”. The report also said Hart had covered Walker’s travel expenses “from his own pocket” so she could join the meeting.

Earlier in 2019, he backed Walker at her film premiere. 7/10

And the other side? Hart laments MPs “hiding behind parliamentary privilege”, media “vilification”, and the “all-white” panel that expelled Walker. “Reminiscent of the Deep South. # GuiltyAsBlack.” Walker and Wadsworth were victims of "blatant racist acts". "Lynch mob!" 8/10

Hart has also backed Asa Winstanley, one of the most controversial figures in the party’s antisemitism crisis. He was suspended by Labour in March 2019. He walked out last year, ranting about the “Israel lobby”, before facing questions about a 45-page long dossier. 9/10

Some trade unions and "Stand Up To Racism" (SUTR) have long been conspicuous in the antisemitism crisis.

SUTR is an SWP fraud and incorrigible.

One must hope unions can do better. But the signs are not encouraging. 10/10