Going by the first few pages, the #FordeReport is going to say 'A plague on both your houses'.
This paragraph seems fair enough to me. The Leaked Report did indeed confirm the problem of antisemitism in the Party, which its readership often overlooked.
This also seems reasonable.
Forde, page 21.
From page 24
Page 30
This was my impression when I read Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire's book 'Left Out'.
Sorry it's such a long thread but people have been saying 'Where's the Forde Report?' so...
This bit's interesting.
The Report strives to be even-handed and, so far, I think it is.
To the charge that Labour HQ staff sabotaged the 2017 GE, the report says No.
In connection with the nasty messages about Diane Abbott, a perceptive paragraph imo.
My impression is that the Report strives to be emollient while criticizing factionalism from different quarters. There is a danger of it pleasing nobody.
I've heard innumerable times from friends who are or were Party members about this happening in CLPs.
Naturally, I'm reading the report through my J-lenses, & this is the first objectionable paragraph I've found. I'll say why in a following tweet.
While JVL are entitled to organize as an anti Zionist group, the denial of antisemitism in their group - justifying eg the views of Chris Williamson & David Miller - makes them unfit to be involved in training about antisemitism. My blog post, 2019: neviimtovim.com/2019/08/05/the…
The problem of bilateral factional toxicity is a motif running through the Forde Report.
The Report concludes with a number of recommendations for good practice within the Labour Party.
Personally, I'm done with Labour. Let them fix their problems and geyn gezunt.
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I do understand that the Irish members of the PAIS group identify with the Palestinian cause, but their devotion to the murder of Israelis is a worryong aspect of it. Here they condemn the UAE Foreign Minister for offering condolences to bereaved Israelis.
They express undiluted pleasure when Israelis are murdered.
They count terrorists who kill Israelis as heroes and martyrs.
1/ I went to the exhibition about antisemitism at the @wienerlibrary, curated very skillfully by Dr Barbara Warnock.
2/ I've long been familiar with the antisemitic imagery from the time of the Dreyfus Affair, from reading & studying, but am also aware that similar images are found on social media of both right & left in this year of grace 2022.
3/ As overt racism is no longer respectable on the left nor even some of the far right, the gross cartoons today are said to represent 'Zionists'.
I think it would be a good idea to report this racist antisemitic Facebook group, link below. To give you an idea of their work, I'm going to post about 10 screenshots. facebook.com/groups/1917535…
1/ This followed the accidental death of two Israeli soldiers.
Again with reference to Colin Jordan, I just found this book bloomsbury.com/uk/colin-jorda… by Paul Jackson & he refers to the diamond swastika episode as you will see on page 35...
It looks like a very thorough history of the postwar far right in the UK & I think the author may be @pnjackson101 here on Twitter. On page 35:
Gevalt. this is from a group called 'Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn'.
I know. You think I made it up, maybe got a paragraph from some early 20th century antisemitic pamphlet & transplanted it to make it look like a Corbynist said it. I wish! facebook.com/groups/2422594…