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The Forde Report and the Labour Right
Sunday, 24 July 2022 — Craig Murray Craig Murray Nobody can accuse the authors of the Forde report of having a low opinion of themselves. Its lofty tone reflects profound disdain for the views and actions of mere mortals, and it utters judgments with an air of deep profundity. This is amusing as it is banal in Continue reading
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‘A Possible Coup’ Against the Labour Government?
A file released on Tuesday by the National Archives, titled “Allegations concerning a possible coup in 1968”, reveals how rattled MI5 and the Home Office were many years later about conspiracies that have never been properly investigated. Continue reading
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Podcast: Asa Winstanley on the Purging of Socialists from the U.K. Labour Party
29 Septemberr 2021 — MintPress News MintCast Aside from Corbyn, among those purged have been filmmaker Ken Loach and activist Jackie Walker, in what appears to be an attempt to eradicate all traces of socialism and anti-imperialism from Labour. by Mnar Adley Shocking almost everybody in positions of power, life-long socialist and anti-war activist Jeremy Continue reading
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After Hartlepool there is only one question. Is Labour’s decline terminal?
It never ceases to amaze how the repetition of a lie quickly becomes a received truth. Goebbels must be turning in his grave. If only Labour had supported Brexit then all would be well. The statistics demonstrate that regardless of the position Labour took it would have done badly. Continue reading
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Podcast Ep 26: Why Labour won’t deliver socialism
On Episode 26 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, we have an in-depth conversation with former UK Labour MP Chris Williamson. Continue reading
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It is the equalities commission, not Labour, carrying out political interference
I recently published in Middle East Eye a long analysis of last week’s report by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission into the question of whether the UK Labour party had an especial antisemitism problem. (You can read a slightly fuller version of that article on my website.) In the piece, I reached two main conclusions. Continue reading
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Antisemitism report: By suspending Corbyn, Starmer is tearing Labour apart
Last night, it was not even clear what rule Corbyn was supposed to have broken. And while the media establishment is busy eviscerating the political corpse of Jeremy Corbyn, a closer look at the actual content of Thursday’s report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission suggests he’s been done an injustice. Continue reading
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Time to Stand Up and Be Counted
Today, nothing is more important than to say that we will not be silent on the dreadful oppression of the Palestinian people; the daily beatings, killings, humiliations, demolitions, expropriations and destruction of groves that are the concomitant of Israeli illegal occupation. Continue reading
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Guardian-Friendly Omissions – ‘This Land’ By Owen Jones
In his latest book, ‘This Land – The Story of a Movement’ (Penguin, ebook version, 2020), the Guardian’s Owen Jones charts the rise and fall of Jeremy Corbyn. Continue reading
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Keir Starmer’s ‘antisemitism’ sacking is a signal that Israel is safe in his hands
Crackdown by UK Labour leader on left-wing rival will subdue critics of Israel in his party ahead of Israel’s annexation move Continue reading
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Starmer’s Love Affair with Zionism Could Prove Fatal for Labour
Sir Keir Starmer, whose scalp has been dangling on the lodge-pole of the Board of Deputies since Day One of his leadership of the Labour Party, has sacked his rival Rebecca Long-Bailey from his front bench for – apparently – indulging in “antisemitic conspiracy theories”. Continue reading
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Labour Suspensions Over Leaked Antisemitism Report Include Former Senior Official Emilie Oldknow
The Labour party has suspended former senior staffer Emilie Oldknow along with several others, amid an ongoing investigation into a leaked report into antisemitism in the party, Novara Media has learned. Continue reading
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Why the left’s case for lesser evil sounds hollow
We are entering the final stages of the election to decide who will head the most powerful nation on Earth. That inevitably means the progressive and dissident left in the US are again being deluged with arguments to vote for the lesser evil candidate. Continue reading
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Labour report reveals how Jeremy Corbyn was sabotaged from within
An internal investigation has found that top Labour Party officials sabotaged Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, including by trying to lose the 2017 UK election. The report also suggests that the same people who tried to undermine Corbyn were themselves the ones who were slow to respond to allegations of anti-Semitism — another weapon that was used… Continue reading
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Labour’s Leadership Candidates Need a Reckoning, Not a Whitewash
One of the most striking things about periods of profound political upheaval is the inconsistency. The Corbyn moment, which has (for the moment at least) transformed both Labour and the political perspectives of the left as a whole, is no different. Continue reading
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Rebecca Long-Bailey Labour leadership campaign marks end of “project Corbyn”
The nominally “left” candidate in the Labour Party leadership contest, Rebecca-Long Bailey, launched her campaign at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Friday. The event confirmed that four years of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership have changed nothing fundamental about the Labour Party. Continue reading
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UK: Lead Us Not Into Oblivion
The simple response of course is to blame it all on Corbyn. Let’s face it, no more comprehensive bogeyman has ever been offered to the British electorate. Continue reading
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The Arrogance Of BBC News
When we started Media Lens in 2001, we had a rather naïve expectation that journalists might: a) want to respond rationally to reasoned criticism; and b) have privileged access to unparalleled journalistic resources, experts and arguments that would enable journalists to respond with serious points to our challenges. In particular, we imagined that BBC journalists and editors… Continue reading
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Antisemitism has been used to smear the left, while the right targets Jews
The year ended with two terrible setbacks for those seeking justice for the Palestinian people. One was the defeat in the British election of Jeremy Corbyn – a European leader with a unique record of solidarity with Palestinians. He had suffered four years of constant media abuse, recasting his activism as evidence of antisemitism. Continue reading
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Official Secrets, Lies and the Five Eyes
Is Putin losing his grip? Why did Russian disinformation operations fail so dramatically in the UK election? Not only did the “rabid socialist” Corbyn fail to seize power from the Russophobic cold-war warriors of Whitehall but Russia’s man in the White House is already planning to move in with them! Continue reading
The New Dark Age 