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Battling the McCarthyite witch hunt is not what Jewish Voice for Labour members joined the party for, but we cannot stand aside
LEAH LEVANE says the hounding of Labour's left-wing Jews by the leadership has reached scandalous proportions
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As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
JEWISH Voice for Labour (JVL) members joined the party to fight for a just society where people could achieve their full potential and contribute their talents and skills.
No-one was prepared for a Corbyn-led party – not Jeremy Corbyn and not the ruling class which launched a relentless attack, escalating after the 2017 election demonstrated wide support for the ideas in the manifesto. But, even though they would not/could not take him on politically, they recovered quickly. Having failed to make the labels “terrorist supporter,” “Czech spy” and “mad Marxist” stick, they found something that did: turning Corbyn’s support for justice and autonomy for Palestine into allegations of widespread anti-semitism.
JVL was necessary to support the policies being developed and to defend the left against the witch hunt, already under way. Although we did not join the party for this fight, this was the struggle to which we had to respond.
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