Labour Party
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Yes of course Israel is interfering in British politics By Asa Winstanley
The “Act.IL” organization, which is coordinated and backed by Israel’s so-called Ministry of Strategic Affairs, had used a troll army to spread false information about Jeremy Corbyn – the leader of the UK’s official opposition party. Continue reading
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Corbyn leadership bows before Blairite’s anti-Semitism witch-hunt By Robert Stevens
Labour’s Blairite right-wing has doubled down on its smear campaign against party leader Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters, citing bogus claims of widespread anti-Semitism on “the left.” Continue reading
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Smeared Labour candidate fights back By Asa Winstanley
Local party members are resisting a decision by Labour’s ruling body to bar a pro-Jeremy Corbyn activist from standing for Parliament, after false allegations of anti-Semitism were leveled against her. Continue reading
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Why I defend Jeremy Corbyn but don’t support him By William Bowles
The despicable hatred shown by the state/corporate media toward Corbyn has nothing to do with the man but with the state’s abject fear of Corbyn’s (remote) connection to socialism, made all the worse by airbrushing him out of what passes for a public debate on Corbyn’s politics. What are they afraid of? Clearly not Corbyn’s… Continue reading
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Labour expulsion hearing set for anti-Zionist Jackie Walker By Asa Winstanley
After years of suspending her membership due to false allegations of anti-Semitism, the UK’s Labour Party has finally set a hearing date for Jackie Walker, The Electronic Intifada can reveal. Continue reading
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Nora Barrows-Friedman The Electronic Intifada Podcast 1 February 2019
This week we take a deeper look at Asa’s latest investigative article, “Fake Labour accounts fueling ‘anti-Semitism crisis’,” which went viral soon after publication. Continue reading
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Fake Labour accounts fueling “anti-Semitism crisis” By Asa Winstanley
From the start, reporting of the “anti-Semitism crisis” in the UK’s Labour Party has been characterized by dishonesty, exaggeration and outright fabrication. Continue reading
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UK People’s Assembly protest shows Corbyn’s role in demobilising the working class By Steve James
Some 2,000 people attended the People’s Assembly demonstration in London on Saturday, called under the slogan “Britain is Broken, General Election Now.” The protest was much smaller even than last May’s Trades Union Congress demonstration, when only 25,000 attended, and a mere fraction of the 2011 “March for an Alternative,” when 250,000 demonstrated. Saturday’s march… Continue reading
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The struggle against austerity and the fight for the United Socialist States of Europe
Today’s People’s Assembly against Austerity demonstration in London declares that a Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn is the only alternative to a Conservative government bent on destroying jobs, wages and vital social services. Continue reading
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Labour and anti-Semitism in 2018: The truth behind the relentless smear campaign against Corbyn By Jonathan Cook
Bombarded by disinformation campaigns, many British Jews are being misled into seeing Corbyn as a threat rather than as the best hope of innoculating Britain against the resurgence of right-wing anti-Semitism menace Continue reading
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Corbyn, Brexit and the struggle for the United Socialist States of Europe By Chris Marsden
UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s failure to reach a deal over Brexit and the deepening paralysis of her government unfolds under conditions of a European and global crisis of capitalism, marked above all by the resurgence of the class struggle. Continue reading
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Review: Britain: Gordon Brown’s self-exoneration rings hollow
Gordon Brown went from being a creditable left-wing British Labour MP in the 1980s to Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) under Tony Blair from 1997-2007 and then Prime Minister from 2007, until his defeat at the hands of the Conservatives in 2010. As co-architect of New Labour, he became a champion of business elites,… Continue reading
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May delays Brexit vote while Corbyn refuses to move no confidence motion By Chris Marsden
On the day UK Prime Minister Theresa May called off the vote on her proposed Brexit deal with the European Union (EU), Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refused to move a motion of no-confidence until she completed a fresh round of negotiations with Brussels. Continue reading
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UK government’s role in anti-Corbyn campaign exposed By Robert Stevens
The Integrity Initiative (II), funded by the UK, US governments and NATO, played a central role in efforts to discredit and remove Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Continue reading
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Labour MPs Should Vote Against Theresa May’s Brexit Deal. It Is a Poison Pill
Yves here. Due to the hour, I am running this Brexit post with less of introduction than I might otherwise. Recall that we flagged Shadow Brexit Minister Kier Starmer’s “No deal is a bluff” messaging as perhaps the talking point of the week or just astonishingly badly informed. Continue reading
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The tightrope of Brexit and class appeal: can Corbyn make it? By Noam Titelman
If Labour seeks to mobilize its traditional working-class base, changes in MPs´ backgrounds may be far more relevant than any change in its policies. Continue reading
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UK: Police launch investigation into alleged anti-Semitism in Labour Party By Robert Stevens
The London Metropolitan Police have announced a criminal investigation into allegations of anti-Semitism by Labour Party members. The investigation, announced Friday, follows months in which the party’s Blairite right-wing has falsely tarred Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-Semite. The Met’s police investigation marks an escalation of the destabilisation campaign aimed at undemocratically removing the twice-elected party… Continue reading
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UK budget: Labour makes clear big business will dictate Corbyn government policies By Robert Stevens
The only good thing to come out of this week’s Conservative government budget is that it exposed the claim that Labour under Jeremy Corbyn would carry out any genuine measures to end austerity or challenge the dictates of big business. Continue reading
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The British Labour Party: In and Against the State? By Leo Panitch and Prof. Sam Gindin
Just a few years ago, it would have seemed most unlikely that developments in the British Labour Party would attract widespread international attention among those looking for the renewal of socialist possibilities in the 21st century. That this is the case today is a credit to the enthusiasm and creativity of a new generation of… Continue reading
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Blanket Silence: Corporate Media Ignore New Report Exposing Distorted And Misleading Coverage of Corbyn
If there’s one thing we’ve learned in the 17 years since Media Lens began, it’s that media professionals generally hate being challenged, critiqued or criticised. This fierce antipathetical belligerence underlies the corporate media’s total refusal to mention, far less discuss, a recent damning report on how the corporate media have been misreporting Labour and its… Continue reading
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