This week’s updates from Campaign Against Antisemitism

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** CAA produces video showing antisemitism in Black Lives Matter movement is betrayal of the legacy of real Civil Rights heroes
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Sunday, 5th July, 14:59

Campaign Against Antisemitism has produced a video showing how antisemitism in the Black Lives Matter movement is a betrayal of the legacy of real Civil Rights heroes. The short video can be watched below. Please share it widely. There is a proud tradition of the #Jewish and black communities fighting #racism. Real #CivilRights heroes like […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA calls on Sandwell Council and Dudley Council to take action against current and former council leaders after Labour opens antisemitism investigations
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Friday, 3rd July, 18:23

Campaign Against Antisemitism has called for “strong and decisive action” against the Leader of Sandwell Council and the former leader of Dudley Council after it emerged that the Labour Party is investigating them over antisemitism. Cllr Yvonne Davies, the current Council leader at Sandwell, is being investigated over tweets she sent in 2018, one of […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Roger Waters apologises for saying a Jewish billionaire controls America because he didn’t realise saying that rich Jews control countries was an antisemitic trope
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Friday, 3rd July, 14:41

Roger Waters, a former musician with a long record of baiting Jews, has apologised for saying that American leaders are puppets of a Jewish billionaire and that Israel teaches America how to “murder the blacks”. Mr Waters made the outrageous remarks in a friendly interview with an Arab channel, but has now apologised for the antisemitic outburst. […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** John McDonnell’s Forward Momentum faction wins control of the pro-Corbyn pressure group
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Friday, 3rd July, 14:37

The Forward Momentum faction has prevailed in internal elections in the pro-Corbyn pressure group. Forward Momentum was backed by John McDonnell, the former Shadow Chancellor and senior ally of former Leader Jeremy Corbyn, and won on a platform of critical engagement with the new Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer. The Momentum Renewal slate, which was backed […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** BBC orders presenters not to wear Black Lives Matter badges on air after CAA confronts antisemitism in the movement and other extreme views emerge
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Thursday, 2nd July, 15:46

The BBC has reportedly ordered its television presenters not to wear Black Lives Matter (BLM) badges on air after Campaign Against Antisemitism exposed worrying antisemitism in the movement and its other extreme views emerged. Executives at the public broadcaster declared that “visual symbols of support” for BLM should not be worn on screen after leaders […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Tory MP Chris Green retweets then deletes poem referencing “New World Order” and the Rothschilds
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Wednesday, 1st July, 18:16

The Conservative MP Chris Green retweeted and then deleted a video in which the controversial comedian Chris McGlade reads a poem called “The Right to Hate”. The poem is dedicated to “all those globalists out there” and criticises the “global New World Order”. The poem’s narrator also complains of being called an antisemite but insists that […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Swastikas appear by River Lea in Stamford Hill while a man is charged by police over spate of antisemitic graffiti in Barnet
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Wednesday, 1st July, 17:50

Swastikas have appeared by the River Lea in the North London neighbourhood of Stamford Hill. The graffiti was observed this morning by Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol. If you have any more information, please contact the Stamford Hill Shomrim on 0300 999 0123. Meanwhile, in Barnet, a man has been charged […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Premier League and footballers peel away from support of Black Lives Matter after CAA confronts activists over antisemitic and violent statements
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Wednesday, 1st July, 17:06

The Premier League and various footballers and commentators have begun withdrawing support from Black Lives Matter (BLM) after Campaign Against Antisemitism exposed antisemitism within the movement. The Premier League reportedly said in a statement it was “aware of the risk posed by groups that seek to hijack popular causes to promote their own political views” and […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Man drives past Jews outside prominent synagogue in Jewish area and shouts “Hitler”
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Wednesday, 1st July, 12:55

A man driving past a prominent synagogue in a Jewish area was heard shouting “Hitler” at the Jews gathered outside. The incident took place on 29th June outside Hagers synagogue just off Golders Green Road in North London, and was reported by Shomrim North West London, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol. Witnesses should contact […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Black Lives Matter Movement condemns “antisemitism slurs” against the separate entity, BLM UK, which claimed that Zionism “gagged” Britain
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Wednesday, 1st July, 12:53

The Black Lives Matter Movement has condemned “antisemitism slurs” directed at BLM UK, a separate entity which claimed that Zionism “gagged” Britain. Campaign Against Antisemitism criticised BLM UK, an entity of unknown provenance that exists only on Twitter and GoFundMe, after it claimed that “British politics is gagged of the right to critique Zionism” following the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Divisive Corbyn aide Seumas Milne and Labour’s controversial complaints chief Thomas Gardiner reportedly both leave after years at centre of antisemitism crisis
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Wednesday, 1st July, 12:52

Seumas Milne, Jeremy Corbyn’s divisive senior aide, and Thomas Gardiner, Labour’s Director of Governance and Legal Affairs, have both quit their employment with the Party. Mr Milne, who has a record of espousing extreme political views, served as Executive Director of Strategy and Communications under Jeremy Corbyn. As a political appointee, his departure following the election […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Piers Morgan does not respond to request for comment over historic photograph of him wearing Nazi uniform at costume party
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Wednesday, 1st July, 12:44

The television personality and journalist Piers Morgan has not responded to comment regarding a historic photograph of him wearing a Nazi uniform at a costume party. The photograph has been made exclusively available to Campaign Against Antisemitism by Guido Fawkes. We have been told that the photograph was taken at a costume party about 30 years […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** After CAA exposes journalist’s record of inflammatory social media posts he is no longer featured as writer at online magazine for teenagers
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Wednesday, 1st July, 12:33

Just days after Campaign Against Antisemitism exposed a journalist’s record of inflammatory social media posts, he is no longer featured as a writer at the online magazine for teenagers. Toby Maxtone-Smith, who worked at The Day, responded to a report about antisemitic Chelsea fans performing Nazi salutes, singing about ‘Yids’ and imitating a gas chamber by […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Gary Lineker distances himself from BLM after it publishes antisemitic tweet
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Tuesday, 30th June, 17:09

Gary Lineker has distanced himself from the Black Lives Matter movement after it published an antisemitic tweet accusing Zionism of having “gagged” Britain. The footballer-turned-celebrity was asked by actor Laurence Fox on Twitter as to his views on the Black Lives Matter movement following the controversy this weekend, and he responded: “Why do you ask? I didn’t […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Facebook under pressure from advertisers to act against hate speech online
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Tuesday, 30th June, 16:39

Facebook is under pressure from advertisers to act against hate speech on its platform, as part of a “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign. Major brands are suspending their advertisements on Facebook in an effort to force the tech behemoth to address proliferating hate speech. Among the brands who have joined the campaign are Coca Cola, Unilever, Verizon […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Oxford branch of Black Lives Matter apologises for promoting event using antisemitic mural that Jeremy Corbyn defended
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Tuesday, 30th June, 14:35

The Oxford branch of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has apologised for using the antisemitic ‘Freedom of Humanity’ mural as a cover photo for a Facebook event. The mural originally appeared in East London in October 2012 after an outcry. In 2018 then-Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, was discovered to have defended the […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** CAA urges BBC to ban Maxine Peake until she makes amends for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theory
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Monday, 29th June, 18:58

Campaign Against Antisemitism has called on the BBC to ban Maxine Peake for appearances on its television and radio platforms until she makes amends for promoting an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Ms Peake is reported in The Independent to have said: “The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, that was learnt from seminars […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])




** Labour’s Nia Griffith says defenders of Rebecca Long-Bailey are guilty of antisemitism while Claudia Webbe won’t say whether the conspiracy theory was antisemitic or not
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Monday, 29th June, 18:37

Labour’s Nia Griffith has said that defenders of Rebecca Long-Bailey are guilty of antisemitism while her colleague, Claudia Webbe, has refused to say whether she believes that the conspiracy theory publicised by Ms Long-Bailey was antisemitic or not. Ms Long-Bailey was sacked from the Shadow Cabinet last week for sharing an article in The Independent in which […] Continue reading ([link removed][UNIQID])


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