by
Jonathan Cook
Part
7 - Party in disrepute
Walker
is not the only prominent black anti-racism activist targeted. Marc
Wadsworth, another longtime ally of Corbyn’s, and founder of the
Anti-Racist Alliance, was “outed” last year in another confected
anti-semitism scandal. The allegations of anti-semitism were
impossible to stand up publicly, so finally he was booted out on a
catch-all claim that he had brought the party “into disrepute”.
Jews
who criticise Israel and support Corbyn’s solidarity with
Palestinians have been picked off by the witchfinders too,
cheered on by media commentators who claim this is being done in the
service of a “zero tolerance” policy towards racism. As well as
Walker, the targets have included Tony Greenstein, Moshe Machover,
Martin Odoni, Glyn Secker and Cyril Chilson.
But as
the battle in Labour has intensified to redefine anti-Zionism as
anti-semitism, the deeper issues at stake have come to the fore. Jon
Lansman, another founder of Momentum, recently stated: “I don’t
want any Jewish member in the party to be leaving. We are absolutely
committed to making Labour a safe space.”
But
there are a set of very obvious problems with that position, and they
have gone entirely unexamined by those promoting the “institutional
anti-semitism” and “zero tolerance” narratives.
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