Electronic muso and socialist who dislikes racists, antisemites, Islamophobes and antiziganists. @UKLabour and @Unitetheunion activist.
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Of course, a racist like Phil Oakland was bound to be an admirer of David Icke and Gilad Atzmon, wasn’t he? He also appears to be a member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and a supporter of the Communist Party of Britain. Not that either organisation would endorse his views. 
Michael Walton says how dare I accuse him of either antisemitism or misogyny. 
And when I say repeats, I really do mean that. Gaslighting Glynis says the same thing again and again to people who raise concerns about antisemitism in the Labour Party, insinuating that their experiences can't be genuine if they haven't reported them as hate crimes. /2 
Cllr Hedley McCarthy shares antisemitic posts by Jackie Walker (she was lying - most of the people listed did in fact condemn the far-right actions mentioned). He recommends antisemitism denialist organisation Labour Against the Witchhunt's submission to the Forde Enquiry. 
Chris Crookes is still trying to justify himself over on the LAW page: m.facebook.com/story.php?stor… 
There were clues in @guardianletters last week where Whitehead objected to Labour's decision to proscribe four groups, three of which are known primarily for their antisemitism. He seems to have been especially keen on Labour Against the Witchhunt, which is probably the worst. /2 
In the same thread, started by a young Labour activist concerned that antisemitism is undermining pro-Palestinian actions, Mohammed P Aslam, supposedly a campaigner for social justice, suggests such criticism is intended to stop people calling out "murderous criminals". 
I took the opportunity to remind Graeme Hyslop OBE that he had been responsible for many antisemitic commentaries, to which he replied "nothing whatsoever about anything I do is either racist or antisemitic" and made a puzzling reference to my being "funded by a new employer". /2 
Actually, I've never been a 'friend' of Michele, but I have seen her comments about Jews in numerous online Facebook discussions. Such as this thread about Jeremy Corbyn having the Labour whip withdrawn by Keir Starmer over his statement about the EHRC report on antisemitism. /2 
Cue messages of solidarity from Darren Murtagh's friends and comrades, many of whom report being forced out of the party themselves because they supported Palestinians, criticised Israel or were too socialist and too antiracist for the Labour leadership's liking. /2 
As several SWP activists joined the thread to express their joy at Malcolm Adlington's return to the fold, I asked why they were so keen given the Labour Party had suspended him for antisemitism. Surely, the SWP were supposed to be antiracist? The exchange didn't go well. 
Concerns about alleged #antisemitism in Keith Hussein's Facebook posts were first raised publicly by Stephane Savary, vice-chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, whose blog questioned whether the comrade was fit to join Labour's governing body. /2
The BoD is being accused of arrogance and interference in the Labour Party's internal affairs as if the central issue highlighted by the pledges - antisemitism and our leadership's failure to tackle it - had absolutely nothing to do with the communities it represents. /2 
2/ The LPC group started amid the mass suspensions of the 2016 leadership contest when many members were disenfranchised without explanation. You had to submit data protection requests to find out what you were accused of and it created an atmosphere of confusion and paranoia.
2/ The Word is a minor publication which identifies as left-wing and has published a number of problematic front covers. Its editor Peter Davies (aka 'Peter Loo' on Facebook) posts content like the cartoon below (hat tip to Euan Philipps: ). 
