Sir Keir Starmer speaking during the Labour leadership hustings at the SEC centre, Glasgow, February 15, 2020. Photo: Jane Barlow via Reuters. The leader of the UK Labour party pulled out of a Ramadan event after the controversial anti-Israel views of the CEO of the sponsoring organization emerged in the media. The Jewish Chronicle reported […]
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UK Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer Pulls Out of Ramadan Event After CEO of Sponsoring Group Revealed as Supporting Israel Boycotts
UK: Labour Leader Kicked Out of Pub by Anti-Lockdown Landlord
A senior government minister refused to rule out Australians being forced to wear electronic ankle bracelets, even if they are fully vaccinated, to make sure they are complying with home quarantine orders. The astounding suggestion was made by journalist David Speers during an interview with Employment Minister Stuart Robert about how authorities would ensure returning […]
‘Vaccine Passport’ Could Face Failure After Reports Labour Set to Oppose
The government has been accused of deliberately creating confusion after it was revealed that vaccine passports COULD be required to enter shops despite initial assurances that this wouldn’t be the case. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and others within the government claimed that COVID passports are only being considered for mass gathering events like football matches […]
Twitter suspends Jewish account key to UK Labour defeat
An anonymous Twitter account instrumental in exposing antisemitism in the UK Labour Party was suspended by Twitter on Tuesday. The anonymous account suspended by Twitter, GnasherJew, was a leading source of allegations of antisemitism against the UK Labour Party and its then leader Jeremy Corbyn during the 2019 general election. “We are unaware of why […]
UK Labour leader wishes Jews a happy Passover
British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer wished Jews around the world a happy Passover in a video posted on Twitter Friday.Starmer lamented the fact that families and communities could not gather for the holiday due to the coronavirus pandemic, leaving many alone for Passover. He also sent condolences to those in the Jewish community who […]
Former British Labour Party members create ‘anti-Zionist action network’
A collective of former British Labour Party members who formed an “anti-Zionist action network” are being investigated by UK police after attempting to target Jewish Labour activists, according to a report in the Jewish Chronicle. The former members who form the group were active, and either left or were kicked out of the party, amid […]
Is NZ Labour more tolerant of antisemitism than Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour party?
Browse > Home / Featured Articles / Is NZ Labour more tolerant of antisemitism than Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour party? March 12, 2021 by David Cumin Read on for article In January The Israel Institute of New Zealand exposed NZ MPs as members of an online group that frequently posts vile antisemitism. Labour MP for […]
A Labour of Love: A Review on Charles Edward Perugini’s Art
Charles Edward Perugini (1839-1918) by John & Charles Watkins In order not to make this article excessively long I decided to reduce my personal commentary about this amazing artist in order to give way to his abridged biography below (which speaks quite clearly for itself). I only added a few personal short notes to the […]
Leader of Israel’s Labour Party says she ONLY wears black so her looks won’t distract from her political message
The new leader of Israel’s Labour Party, Merav Michaeli, has addressed questions about her wardrobe choices, revealing she opts for black because she wants people to listen to what she says, rather than to look at what she wears. Michaeli, a feminist activist, journalist and former TV presenter, was voted in as the Labor leader […]
Feminist Week of Resistance: Gender & Livelihoods: Farm & Labour Sectors
Women protesting against the Farm Bills (Image for representative purpose) 8th March, 2021: Through the Feminist Week of Resistance and Reflections (7th to 14th March), marking International Women’s Day and remembering Savitribai Phule, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) is committed to amplifying the voices of women and persons of marginalized genders, speaking from the […]
Attempt to release names of Labour antisemitism report leakers rejected
An attempt by a former senior official from the UK Labour Party to reveal the identities of the people who leaked the party’s internal antisemitism report was rejected by Britain’s High Court as it could risk harm to the individuals, the Guardian reported on Monday. The request to reveal the names was filed by former […]
How Poland, Hungary, Russia & UK Labour Party use antisemitism in politics
Authorities in Poland, Russia, Hungary and some lawmakers in Britain’s Labour Party used antisemitism for political means, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s antisemitism report on Europe published Thursday. In Poland, presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski was the target of “antisemitic rhetoric” this summer during an election in which he lost to the incumbent Andrzej Duda of […]
Brother of Former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Arrested for Distributing Leaflets Comparing COVID-19 Vaccines to Auschwitz
Piers Corbyn. Photo: YouTube screenshot. The brother of former UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who in polls was considered antisemitic by the majority of British Jews, has been arrested for distributing leaflets comparing the coronavirus vaccine to Auschwitz. The Guardian reported Thursday that Piers Corbyn, 73, was arrested along with another man in Southwark […]
Man who spat in face of former UK Labour leader Corbyn sentenced
A man who spat in the face of Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was ordered on Thursday to carry out 80 hours unpaid work as a punishment. Corbyn, who led Labour into the 2019 election which was won by Prime Minister Boris […]
Ex-Labour head Jeremy Corbyn fights to overturn suspension
Ousted UK Labour head Jeremy Corbyn has begun his bid to be reinstated as a member of the party in the High Court, according to the Jewish Chronicle. Next week, the former Labour head’s lawyers will ask to be privileged to the disclosure of evidence in relation to the decision to suspend the former leader. […]
UK targets Chinese goods made with Uighur forced labour as Johnson takes swipe at ‘demented’ traditional medicine
British companies will face hefty fines unless they can show their supply chains are free from forced labour, the foreign secretary has announced. The new measures unveiled on Tuesday are aimed at tackling human rights abuses of Uighur Muslims in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. Companies will also be given new guidance on how to […]
Zoom prayers and Jewish kids: UK Labour leader Keir Starmer tells all
In an interview for the Limmud Jewish learning festival in the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, spoke about expected political topics, such as the party’s actions on stamping out anti-Semitism in the wake of Jeremy Corbyn’s controversial tenure as leader. But Starmer also opened up on a topic he hasn’t […]
UK Labour launches plan to combat antisemitism
The UK Labour Party announced a new plan to uproot antisemitism from its ranks on Thursday. The “Action Plan for Driving out Antisemitism from the Labour Party” came in response to a UK Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report in October, determining that the violated equality laws in its handling of antisemitic incidents under […]
Impact of pandemic on Child Labour
Introduction Over the past nine months, the entire news and social media has been flooded with reports of rising cases of Covid-19 and the impact it has had on India’s economy. Millions of people lost their jobs or were forced to take pay cuts. Migrants were forced to walk hundreds of kilometers back home and […]
UK Labour Party leader Starmer: We must change party culture
A change of culture is needed within the UK’s Labour Party to root out antisemitism that flourished in its ranks while Jeremy Corbyn headed it, according to Keir Starmer, the current leader. He made his remarks on Sunday during an online conference of the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM), an affiliate of the Labour Party. Starmer spoke about […]