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    Monbiot objects to the smear Archived Message

    Posted by Ian M on March 5, 2019, 10:37 am, in reply to "Pulled apart by AAV here as mentioned below:"

    ...on anti-capitalists. Ding-dong ensues between him and Galloway, who unfortunately mistakes a tweet of approval for another graun article for one by GM himself, but rightly calls out the hypocrisy of his stance:

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    https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1102524554226868224

    GeorgeMonbiot
    ‏ @GeorgeMonbiot
    11h11 hours ago

    I am proud to be an anti-capitalist.
    103 replies 422 retweets 2,503 likes
    GeorgeMonbiot
    ‏ @GeorgeMonbiot
    11h11 hours ago

    This does not make me either a communist or, as has been suggested, astonishingly, this morning, an anti-semite.
    80 replies 190 retweets 1,475 likes


    GeorgeMonbiot
    ‏ @GeorgeMonbiot
    20h20 hours ago

    I should clarify that I wasn't personally accused of anti-semitism today. A general equivalence between anti-capitalism and anti-semitism was made, by a Labour MP:

    https://labourlist.org/2019/03/siobhain-mcdonagh-links-anti-capitalism-to-antisemitism-in-labour/

    51 replies 73 retweets 203 likes

    George Galloway
    ‏Verified account @georgegalloway
    Replying to @GeorgeMonbiot

    Why should it astonish you? You and the Guardian are wholly complicit in this madness. And you know it.

    GeorgeMonbiot
    ‏ @GeorgeMonbiot
    10h10 hours ago
    Replying to @georgegalloway @MattCross1

    I would be grateful if you could explain my complicity.
    11 replies 0 retweets 27 likes

    George Galloway
    ‏Verified account @georgegalloway
    10h10 hours ago

    Someone beat me to it. You and your employer have fanned the flames of fake anti-Semitism allegations against Corbyn. Now you’re “astonished” to see those flames heading your way! Couldn’t make it up mate.
    6 replies 12 retweets 62 likes

    GeorgeMonbiot
    ‏ @GeorgeMonbiot
    10h10 hours ago

    Someone beat you to what? You have made an allegation, and have yet to show me the basic courtesy of explaining it.
    2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes

    George Galloway
    ‏Verified account @georgegalloway
    10h10 hours ago

    Media Lens just tweeted it to you. I’ll give you a clue: it’s someone bearing your name writing in the paper you work for attacking Corbyn on “anti-Semitism”. Astonishing.
    5 replies 5 retweets 31 likes

    GeorgeMonbiot
    ‏ @GeorgeMonbiot
    9h9 hours ago

    I have not written anything in the Guardian, or any other paper, about Corbyn and anti-semitism. Are you making this claim out of ignorance, or intentionally spreading lies?
    5 replies 2 retweets 35 likes

    Jonathan Petrie
    ‏ @PETRIEDESIGN
    9h9 hours ago

    Think its reference (Media Lens, etc) to your retweeted Shattenstone article that was in the Guardian back on 24th Aug 2018 Re: Corbyn?
    1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    Jonathan Petrie
    ‏ @PETRIEDESIGN
    9h9 hours ago

    Jonathan Petrie Retweeted GeorgeMonbiot

    Jonathan Petrie added,
    GeorgeMonbiot
    @GeorgeMonbiot
    It dismays me to say it, as someone who has invested so much hope in the current Labour Party, but I think @shattenstone is right: Jeremy Corbyn's 2013 comments about "Zionists" were antisemitic and unacceptable. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/24/jeremy-corbyn-antisemitism-labour-zionists-2013-speech '

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    followed by this thread in which GG eventually backs down after throwing a few more brickbats:

    https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1102550353076203521

    GM says 'I'm perfectly happy to own that tweet [the RT of Hattenstone]. I think there was a problem with those remarks. But I don't think they make Corbyn an anti-semite.' - well, that's okay then...

    Medialens point out that his comment was picked up by the NY Times: https://twitter.com/medialens/status/1102568010739576833

    'A writer for The Guardian, Simon Hattenstone, who has repeatedly defended Jeremy Corbyn against charges of anti-Semitism, called his speech “unquestionably anti-Semitic.” And it wasn’t just the Jews. George Monbiot, a giant of the British left, described the comments as “anti-Semitic and unacceptable.”' - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/opinion/jeremy-corbyn-anti-semitism-labour-britain.html

    Maybe it's time for Monbiot to clarify his position and maybe (shock) come out in defense of Corbyn and the Labour MPs who have been smeared as anti-semites?? Not holding my breath...

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