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Historic immigration vote at Labour Conference represents sea change in attitudes among UK labour movement

02 October 2019|The Interregnum and Pressenza|Mohamed Elmaazi

Mohamed Elmaazi examines how the Labour Party Conference’s historic pledges on immigration mark a significant departure from the racism and xenophobia which was deeply entrenched in parts of the UK labour movement over the past century.

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UK Labour Party’s Historic Party Platform Developments

28 September 2019|Sputnik International|Mohamed Elmaazi with Eugene Puryear and Bob Schlehuber

Mohamed Elmaazi joined Eugene Puryar and Bob Schlehuber to discuss some of the more significant developments to come out of the Labour Party Conference, just completed in the coastal city of Brighton, England. This includes the historic pledges to adopt humane polices towards immigrants, reversing – in many ways – decades long hostility and racism directed by segments of the UK labour movement towards immigrants and people of colour.

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Labour pledges to abolish immigration detention centres in historic conference vote

25 September 2019|The Canary|Mohamed Elmaazi

On the last day of the Labour Party conference in Brighton delegates from around the country, representing both unions and Constituency Labour Party’s (CLPs), voted unanimously to support the most radical break in immigration policy in the Labour movement’s history.

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