Posted by George Brennan
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Posted by George Brennan
Bob Pitt on that mural Archived Message
on July 25, 2019, 3:11 pm, in reply to "corbyn and that mural - an illustration of corbyn's dimwittedness, it seems"
https://medium.com/@pitt_bob/antisemitism-the-brick-lane-mural-and-the-stitch-up-of-jeremy-corbyn-6656b77cc941
exerpt
"Corbyn’s lack of awareness of the cause of the controversy is not surprising, since the post to which he was replying made no reference to allegations of antisemitism. It wasn’t until the day after Corbyn posted his Facebook comment that the East London Advertiser reported on the objections that had been raised to the mural and Lutfur Rahman’s decision to have it removed, while the story didn’t make it into the national press until a couple of days after that. (These details appear to have escaped the attention of Tower Hamlets Tory leader Peter Golds.) In the absence of this information, Corbyn obviously assumed it was the anti-capitalist character of the mural that had proved controversial — hence the Diego Rivera reference — and he expressed sympathy for the artist on that basis."