1/6 so......after @YoungLabourUK being told they couldn't have a @PSCupdates speaker at their meeting, after @YoungLabourUK stood resolute, principled and strong, after @PSCupdates intervention,Labour back down and apologise. We will be glad to be at the @YoungLabourUK event....
https://twitter.com/PSCupdates/status/1433431932348469259
2/6 The situation was absurd but tied up hours of my time. All because a senior Labour official believed advocating for BDS might contravene IHRA definition.This is how the delegitimisation campaign works. Pressure bodies to adopt a definition of antisemitism that conflates it...
3/6.. with legitimate advocacy for Palestinian rights- once adopted press for it to be interpreted as proscribing critique of racist laws and policies and advocacy for BDS.. even tho definition does not say this...even if you don't succeed in getting an event or person cancelled
4/6..you tie people up in defending their rights. Meanwhile people like @JohnMannOffice and @daverich1 smile blithely and say "what's the problem. PSC weren't banned were they?" ..knowing full well that whole incident has added to chilling effect creating toxic climate around...
5/6... issue of Palestine. We have to and are working to defend the space. But we have to continue to work to enlarge the space. So if you are asking what can I do given this climate.. its simple. Refuse to be silenced..join us. If you are in a CLP start by passing @PSCupdates
6/6.. model motion. Lets ensure the cause of justice for Palestine is not invisiblelised at Lab Conference 21. ... and come to our stall.. take a PSC lanyard and wear it with pride #FreePalestine #FreedomJusticeEquality
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