Smeeth and the JLM "strike" again Archived Message
Posted by Raskolnikov on April 9, 2019, 6:00 am, in reply to ""And there is no doubt anti-semitism exists in the Labour party." Well, I'd doubt it"
These bastards need smashing; I'm sick of their bullshit. Who do they think they are? Activists from Labour’s Jewish affiliate could refuse to campaign in upcoming elections unless the party takes radical steps to tackle antisemitism allegations. The new chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, Mike Katz, and the Labour MP Ruth Smeeth have backed moves by members to give a scorecard to Labour politicians based on their action on antisemitism. Who the **** do they think they are? Smeeth, a former trade union official, said the group would “work to rule” when it came to campaigning, as agreed in a motion passed at the AGM. “Jewish members don’t feel safe, comfortable or welcome and not everyone is showing the level of solidarity that should be expected,” Smeeth said. “Why would Jewish members campaign in places where they could be abused or have to justify even being involved in the Labour party? We have made clear that we want to stay affiliated to the Labour party – but on our own terms.” "a former trade-union official" lol. Nice try at a left-wing fig leaf there. They should continue the sentence "but now an agent for a foreign government". Katz said the action stopped short of an all-out campaigning strike. “We have got elections coming up but we are not going to put that effort in unless we know people are standing shoulder to shoulder with us,” he said. “To be really clear, we are not just going to say: ‘Oh, it’s election time, let’s jump to it.’ If you clearly and consistently support us, not just virtue-signalling on Twitter, then we will have your back.” Just deselect all of them. Get them out of the party. You were elected as Labour candidates; work for your constituency and party or get the #### out. Smeeth said the motion passed on Sunday proposed that Labour politicians receive a scorecard to show members who had done the most to address the problem. “A lot of people talk the talk nationally, but do they take action at their local meetings?” she said. Perhaps we could make them wear stars to show they have acceptable levels of love for Israel? Seriously. They need to smash these quislings before they completely destroy the only opposition to neo-liberal boot-on-face-for-ever purgatory. https://www.dumptheguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/09/jewish-labour-movement-radical-steps-antisemitism
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Message Thread:
- Ruth Smeeth is an asset as revealed by Wikileaks files - Tomski April 8, 2019, 8:25 pm
- Very interesting article. - Raskolnikov April 8, 2019, 8:46 pm
- "And there is no doubt anti-semitism exists in the Labour party." Well, I'd doubt it - SueC April 8, 2019, 11:07 pm
- Milne can't seem to get the important stuff into the headlines - I was surprised reading the - CJ April 9, 2019, 3:23 am
- Made up anti semitism exists, just not the real thing - nm - psingh April 9, 2019, 5:44 am
- Smeeth and the JLM "strike" again - Raskolnikov April 9, 2019, 6:00 am
- One gets so used to this phrase ''there is no doubt anti-semitism exists in the LP" I ignored it - Tomski April 9, 2019, 1:08 pm
- I really wonder what Seamus Milne is actually doing for Labour - scrabb April 9, 2019, 4:36 pm
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