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Re: Sir Keir Starmer elected as new Labour leader
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Originally Posted by Maggy
Okay! Can anyone point to a particular reliable source as to the antisemitism in the Labour Party?
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The Labour Party?
https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/upl...tisemitism.pdf
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To confront antisemitism in wider society, we must face up to the unsettling truth that a small number of Labour members hold antisemitic views and a much larger number don’t recognise antisemitic stereotypes and conspiracy theories.
The evidence is clear enough. The worst cases of antisemitism in our party have included Holocaust denial, crude Jewish-banker stereotypes, conspiracy theories blaming Israel for 9/11 or every war on the Rothschild family, and even one member who appeared to believe that Hitler had been misunderstood.
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Labour exists to promote the social liberation of all people. That’s why we are launching a programme to educate our members and empower them to confront oppression, wherever it arises.
Our first materials will be on antisemitism, recognising that anti- Jewish bigotry has reared its head within our movement.
https://labour.org.uk/no-place-for-antisemitism/
to engage with this material and find links to other resources, so that together, we can stand in solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters and ensure there is no place for antisemitism in our society, with further materials to be produced on other forms of oppression.
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission?
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/...n-labour-party
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We contacted the Labour Party after receiving a number of complaints about allegations of antisemitism in the party.
We have carefully considered the response we have received from the Party and have opened a formal investigation.
We are using our powers under the Equality Act to open an investigation, which will look at:
- whether unlawful acts have been committed by the Party or its employees or agents
- the steps taken by the Party to implement the recommendations made in the reports on antisemitism by Baroness Royall, the Home Affairs Select Committee and in the Chakrabarti Report
- whether the Rule Book and the Party’s investigatory and disciplinary processes have enabled or could enable it to deal efficiently and effectively with complaints of race or religion or belief discrimination and racial harassment or victimisation, including whether appropriate sanctions have been or could be applied
- whether the Party has responded to complaints of unlawful acts in a lawful, efficient and effective manner
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Last edited by Hugh; 08-04-2020 at 10:06.
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