Tag: UK Labour Party
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.
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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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.