Daniel Margrain - What The Ken Livingstone Resignation Is Actually All About
Is it possible that pro State of Israel Labour groups are racist because of the views they concord most Palestinians? Labour political party members that back upwardly the rights of Palestinians too betoken out Israel's crimes are probable to move called racists too move expelled from the party. Things accept gone likewise far, mayhap I should bring together the Labour Party to struggle the racist Zionist Labour groups? KV
It is a pathetic indictment on modern politics that the long-standing socialist, Ken Livingstone who fought most of his political life fighting racism has, at the fourth dimension of writing, been hung out to dry out past times a political political party he had been a fellow member of for decades.
Had Ken non formerly offered his resignation, almost for sure he would accept gone the agency of some other veteran anti-racist activist, Marc Wadsworth, who was expelled from the political party ostensibly for ‘anti-Semitism’ but to a greater extent than accurately for bringing the Labour Party into disrepute.
It could move reasonably argued that on the latter grounds, Wadsworth’s intermission was justified given that he had inappropriately verbally attacked a Labour MP during a press launch showcasing an of import report. But too thence this begs the interrogation why it is the instance that the lxxx Labour Friends of State of Israel members whose actions undermine social democratic values inside the political party accept non been expelled for what are apparently far to a greater extent than serious offences?
Wadsworth’s ‘affront’ to the political party hierarchy was, non that he should accept pursued a to a greater extent than suitable avenue inward which to assail his target, but that the said target was erstwhile British State of Israel Communications too Research Centre (BICOM) employee and Israel lobbyist, Ruth Smeeth MP. Any promise that Wadsworth would have a fair hearing was dashed the 2d his State of Israel entrance hall critics unjustly defendant him of anti-Semitism.
l right-wing too pro-Israel parliamentarians proceeded to intimidate Wadsworth at his hearing past times effectively demanding his political lynching. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 similar present lawsuit scenario predicated on nonetheless to a greater extent than spurious anti-Semitism charges would almost for sure accept been used to drive Livingstone out of the political party had he decided non to voluntarily resign in the agency he did.
The form of McCarthyite hounding of anti-racist too pro-Palestinian activists from the political party inward recent years is indicative of the attempts past times the Labour hierarchy to purge of all prominent anti-Israel activists every bit business office of the State of Israel lobbyists broader endeavor to undermine pro-Palestinian, Corbyn.
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