Making the Labour party a safe place for Jewish people by eradicating antisemitic abuse from within the party
Mar 15, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Corbyn supporters threaten to ‘take care of’ Jewish activists:
- Labour in Exile Network (LIEN) vowed to unearth the “identity, location, activities & associations” of Jewish activists from the campaign group Labour Against Antisemitism (LAAS).
(Thread) thejc.com/news/uk/corbyn…
Alex Hearn, director of LAAS, likened the comments to the language and tactics used by the “far right”, but said that Jewish members would not be “silenced or intimidated”.
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Jul 26, 2019 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
NEW: Shadow minister apologises over 'antisemitic conspiracy'
- @UKLabour's shadow immigration minister Afzal Khan has said he is "sincerely sorry" after sharing what he described as "an antisemitic conspiracy" on social media.
(Thread) #LabourAntisemitism bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
The post in question features a video of the US comedian Jon Stewart talking about the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and was posted when Mr Khan (@Afzal4Gorton) was a @UKLabour MEP in 2015.
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Jul 8, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Tom Watson 'undermining' Labour on antisemitism to 'attack leadership'
- NEC member Darren Williams, in a recording passed to Sky News, claims the party's deputy was trying to "promote his own position".
(Thread) news.sky.com/story/tom-wats…@EuanPhilipps, spokesperson for @LabourAgainstAS said:
"Darren Williams' comments fail to acknowledge the scale and depth of the Labour Party's antisemitism crisis.”
“@tom_watson was right to attempt to intervene because the situation has been getting worse by the day.”
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Greg Hadfield was first suspended in 2014 for 11 mths over claims he had bullied fellow members, including jumping out at @SELabour’s regional director from behind a bin.
He was suspended again in Oct 2016 for alleged intimidating behaviour & only reinstated in Feb this year.
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May 5, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
NEW: @LabourAgainstAS Submits Major Report to Equalities & Human Rights Commission:
'Demands for @jeremycorbyn's @UKLabour to face full-scale antisemitism probe with 'damning dossier' alleging hundreds of incidents of anti-Jewish prejudice'
(Thread) dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6…
- A 15,000 page digital dossier was delivered by antisemitism campaigners to @EHRC - It alleges 'endemic' anti-Jewish behaviour throughout the Labour party
- And it claims to reveal the party's 'don't care' attitude towards the problem
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May 3, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Newly-elected @UKLabour councillor still under investigation over antisemitism posts:
- Sam Gorst won his Liverpool City Council seat despite the probe & poor performance by Labour nationwide
(Thread) #LabourAntisemitism @jonlansman@jeremycorbyn thejc.com/news/uk-news/n…@LabourAgainstAS revealed that Cllr Gorst had written on Facebook that Ken Livingstone "must remain defiant throughout this antisemitism witchhunt", as the former London mayor was suspended by the party for his comments about Hitler and Zionism.
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Apr 30, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Jeremy Corbyn described century-old antisemitic book as 'brilliant' & 'a great tome':
- Imperialism: A Study' says 'international capitalism' is 'controlled…by men of a single and peculiar race', with 'many centuries of financial experience'
(Thread) thejc.com/news/uk-news/j…@EuanPhilipps, of the @LabourAgainstAS group described the latest revelation as “damning".
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Apr 29, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Brighton @UKLabour member calls on local party to 'march' on local synagogue:
- Call made to protest against suspension of fellow member for posts about the 'Israeli bloodline' & claims Israel was carrying out 'a genocide'
(Thread) #LabourAntisemitism thejc.com/news/uk-news/l…
A Labour member in Brighton suggested that the local party “march to" a local Synagogue to protest against the suspension of a fellow Labour party member over alleged antisemitism, with an MP calling on the police to investigate her for "incitement".
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Apr 26, 2019 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Labour council candidate says party's own MPs 'controlled by Israel'
- @UKLabour local election campaign descends into shambles after another candidate is suspended for spreading conspiracy theories about Jews.
(Thread) #LabourAntisemitism @jeremycorbyn mol.im/a/6962973
The new revelations come as Labour waits to hear whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission is to launch a full investigation into whether it has discriminated against Jews.
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Jewish Labour MPs outrage after Jeremy Corbyn blocks plan to ban Hezbollah
(Thread) #LabourAntisemitism #BeLouder @UKLabour@jeremycorbyn dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6… via @MailOnline@EuanPhilipps, spokesperson for LAAS:
‘We fully support the governments decision to proscribe Hezbollah. It follows a long and at times difficult campaign by the Jewish community to prevent representatives of a barbaric terrorist group from marching openly through London.
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This statement from the LRC National Executive is not just a prolonged excuse for Labour antisemitism. It amounts to little more than an tirade, which blames the victims and alleges a political conspiracy.
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Dec 2, 2018 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: Labour spark fresh antisemitism storm 'amid move to silence victims from speaking out':
- Anyone complaining is ordered by the party’s Complaints Team to not share info.
(Thread) dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6… via @MailOnline
- ‘If you fail to do so, the party reserves the right to take action'
- ‘You may also be liable to disciplinary action for breach of the party’s rules,’ it also added.
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Oct 26, 2018 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Our activist @CJ_Appleby has written a powerful & emotional resignation letter to @JennieGenSec and @UKLabour.
His account of #labconf2018 describes a nightmarish atmosphere where outright hate speech was commonplace.
(Thread)
“I was a delegate at Conference in Liverpool. It wasn’t a welcoming place for a Jew.
At breakfast on Monday, I was joined by two people I’d not met before. They hadn’t met each other before. They were both delegates.
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Oct 22, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Labour councillor behind new initiative to fight racism has history of alleged antisemitism
- claimed 'Marks & Spencer are directly killing innocent Palestinian people by directly funding the Zionist regime', & liked an antisemitic Rothschild post
(Thread) thejc.com/news/uk-news/d…
Euan Philipps, spokesperson for LAAS, said:
“We reported Councillor Ahad to the Labour Party in November 2017, after we had compiled a detailed dossier of antisemitic social media comments he had made (and that were previously unseen).
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Sep 14, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
.@jeremycorbyn has repeatedly attempted to reassure those concerned about #LabourAntisemitism that @UKLabour’s disciplinary process would deal with the problem.
This revelation suggests that claim was a lie. The disciplinary process appears only in place to protect racists. 1/5
Mr Corbyn should be subject to the same procedure as every other member.
The report we submitted contained 21 separate instances that we felt justified investigation, including Mr Corbyn’s honouring of the Munich terrorists...
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Aug 5, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING NEWs>>>
Labour high command has been accused of letting off allies of Jeremy Corbyn accused of anti-semitism by claiming that leading activists in the firing line are not even members of the party. 1/5 #LabourAntisemitism @UKLabour@jeremycorbyn thetimes.co.uk/article/5ea690…
LAAS has reported more than 1,200 accusations of anti-semitic abuse by suspected members over the past two years. In several cases those with close links to the leadership have been exonerated because party bosses claim they cannot find evidence that they are party members.
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May 21, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING>> Ken Livingstone Resigns from Labour Party
Labour Against Antisemitism welcomes the resignation of Ken Livingstone. The Labour Party will doubtlessly be a better place without Mr Livingstone’s membership.
(THREAD) #LabourAntisemitism@UKLabour@jeremycorbyn
However, his abrupt departure today should not obscure a number of issues:
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Apr 10, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Statement on the Israeli Labour Party severing ties with the leader of the UK Labour Party:
The announcement by the Israeli Labour Party that it is severing ties with the leader of @UKLabour, Jeremy Corbyn, is unprecedented, shocking but unsurprising.
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An undeniable schism has opened between the UK Labour Party leadership and the Israeli Labour leadership, which reflects the breakdown of the UK Labour Party’s relationship with both the British Jewish community and its counterparts overseas.
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Apr 7, 2018 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Statement from Labour Against Antisemitism:
NEC failures must lead to further resignations.
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The leaked minutes of an NEC meeting from last month are evidence of a Labour NEC that is fundamentally unable to tackle racial discrimination within the Labour Party. theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
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