Tag: anti-Zionism
(VIDEO) Supporters of Chris Williamson MP Demonstrate Outside of Labour HQ and Denounce Antisemitism WitchHunt
11 July 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
Men and women from different backgrounds came to Labour Party HQ on 9 July to show their support for and solidarity with Chris Williamson MP who was suspended, from the Labour Party, then unsuspended following a three person disciplinary hearing, only to be re-suspended following outcry from the right-wing of the Parliamentary Labour Party. The demonstration was held while a decision was being made by the National Executive Committee as to whether they should accept the disciplinary panel’s decision or reject it and send the case to another panel re-consider the case.
UK black and minority ethnic groups blast Labour Party antisemitism debate for seeking to defend Israel by erasing Palestinian history
23 August 2019|Mondoweiss|Mohamed Elmaazi
Feature image via WithHunt documentary
Last week an unprecedented intervention occurred into the debate in the UK over the definition of antisemitism. Over 80 community, professional and rights-based organisations representing black, minority ethnic and diaspora peoples decried what they say is the framing of antisemitism in a way to ‘silence’ Palestinians, and other migrant groups, from speaking about their history.