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Twitter ceases contact with partner CAA after we expose how inconsistently they implement their policies on antisemitic content
Friday, 23rd July, 17:28
Over the summer of last year, the British rapper Wiley delivered a multi-day antisemitic tirade over several social media networks, leading to a mass, online walkout. Following a protest by Campaign Against Antisemitism at Twitter’s London headquarters and interventions from the Prime Minister and Home Secretary, Twitter was finally forced to acknowledge the scale of […] Continue reading
Teenager charged after Jewish man targeted with antisemitic abuse inside Oxford Circus Underground station
Friday, 23rd July, 15:32
A teenager has been charged with a religiously aggravated public order offence after a Jewish man was targeted with antisemitic abuse inside Oxford Circus Underground station on 4th July. The seventeen-year-old suspect is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on 2nd August. The boy in question is believed to have been involved in […] Continue reading
New report claims lay magistrate in Scotland shared antisemitic video
Friday, 23rd July, 10:57
A lay magistrate in Scotland is alleged to have promoted an antisemitic video. According to the JC, a video from 2016 remains visible on the Facebook profile of Amjid Bashir, a broadcaster and Justice of the Peace, which contains a link to a five minute video that claims that the Rothschild family – common protagonists in antisemitic conspiracy […] Continue reading
Labour review panel into Party operations in Liverpool “presented with evidence of a history of antisemitism” and recommends compulsory antisemitism training for all elected representatives
Friday, 23rd July, 09:01
A Labour Party panel conducting an internal review into the Party’s local operations in Liverpool was reportedly “presented with evidence of a history of antisemitism that already has led to expulsions and suspensions.” The review was launched after allegations arose of “bullying”, “misogyny” and a “toxic culture” in the Labour Party in the city. The panel received 77 written submissions […] Continue reading
Neo-Nazi Andrew Dymock jailed for seven years for terror and hate crimes
Thursday, 22nd July, 10:29
Neo-Nazi Andrew Dymock has been jailed for seven years, with a further three years on extended licence, for terror and hate crimes. Andrew Dymock, a 24-year-old politics graduate from Aberystwyth University who was accused of creating and running the website of the neo-Nazi System Resistance Network group, was found guilty of fifteen terrorism and hate charges last month. During the trial at […] Continue reading
Dame Cressida Dick on recent wave of antisemitism: “I expect we will be bringing people to justice”
Wednesday, 21st July, 17:58
Earlier this week, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said that she expects those behind the antisemitic attacks in May to be held responsible and face justice. In May, incidents of antisemitism in Britain skyrocketed after clashes erupted between Israel and Hamas, the antisemitic genocidal terrorist group. These incidents included signs that featured antisemitic themes […] Continue reading
“The NEC has acted decisively to put our own house in order” but will the Parliamentary Party and Labour as a whole follow suit?
Wednesday, 21st July, 16:29
The Chair of the Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds MP, has hailed Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) as having “acted decisively to put our own house in order” after it passed a serious of significant measures in the fight against antisemitism in the Party. In its marathon nine-hour meeting yesterday – the last before the Party’s annual conference in September […] Continue reading
Vaccination centre sign vandalised with swastikas and the word “extermination”
Wednesday, 21st July, 16:25
A sign for a COVID-19 vaccination centre has been vandalised with swastikas and the word “extermination”, it was reported earlier today. “9/11 lies” was also scrawled on the sign. This refers to the widespread, antisemitic conspiracy theory which says that Jews, not Islamist terrorists, were responsible for flying passenger jets into the World Trade Center […] Continue reading
SNP MP apologises and deletes “Murdering babies wasn’t on the Nazi manifesto” tweet but second tweet seemingly comparing Tories to Nazis remains
Wednesday, 21st July, 11:40
A Scottish National Party (SNP) MP has apologised for, and deleted, a tweet in which he wrote that “Murdering babies wasn’t on the Nazi manifesto.” However, another tweet in which he appeared to compare the Conservative Party to the Nazis still remains on his Twitter account. Peter Grant, MP for Glenrothes, posted the now-deleted inflammatory […] Continue reading
Tony Greenstein and Piers Corbyn make Nazi comparisons in speeches at far-left demonstration outside Labour Party HQ, in anticipation of significant NEC meeting
Tuesday, 20th July, 18:48
Nazi comparisons abounded at a far-left demonstration outside Labour Party headquarters earlier today, with support for the antisemitic former Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on show and several references to antisemitism as a “smear“ campaign made by participants. Among the speakers at the demonstration, which was observed by Campaign Against Antisemitism’s Demonstration and Monitoring Unit, were […] Continue reading
Far-right group Patriotic Alternative holds summer camp in latest attempt to recruit young members
Tuesday, 20th July, 10:41
In its latest attempt at recruiting young members, the far-right group, Patriotic Alternative, has held a “family summer camp” in the Lake District. The fascist group was said to have waved signs that read “We will not be replaced” and “White lives matter.” Shortly after the summer camp, several members allegedly sent racist abuse to black […] Continue reading
Sir Keir Starmer to ban 1,000 far-left Labour Party members from “toxic” organisations
Monday, 19th July, 17:41
Sir Keir Starmer is reportedly set to ban 1,000 far-left Labour Party members active in four “toxic” fringe groups. Labour’s National Executive Committee, the Party’s ruling body, will be asked to disaffiliate the four organisations, including Labour Against the Witchhunt, a group that was set up to protest the expulsion of Labour members for alleged […] Continue reading
Wolverhampton man given community order after filming dog in microwave and making antisemitic comments about Holocaust
Monday, 19th July, 17:17
A Wolverhampton man has been handed a community order after he filmed his dog in a microwave and made antisemitic comments about the Holocaust. Stephen Lee Short, 32, made five videos where he filmed a woman placing a dog into a microwave and other kitchen appliances. In one of the clips, Mr Short was understood […] Continue reading
Scottish Labour councillor Jim Sheridan suspended from Party for second time after inflammatory comments
Monday, 19th July, 16:58
Scottish Labour councillor Jim Sheridan has been suspended from the Party for a second time after his inflammatory comments led to an antisemitism investigation last month. The investigation came after he appeared to double down on previous inflammatory comments, as well as claiming that former Party leader Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the Party simply for “expressing free […] Continue reading
The Sunday Times removes reference to Orthodox Jews in article about “vultures preying” on shopping centres after CAA complaint
Monday, 19th July, 14:52
The Sunday Times has removed a reference to Orthodox Jews in an article about “vultures preying” on shopping centres after a complaint from Campaign Against Antisemitism. The article, titled “Vultures prey on bombed-out shopping centres”, focussed on investors who are purchasing the now-derelict shopping centres in Britain, with particular emphasis on vultures, which are a […] Continue reading
Cartoonist suspended from YesCymru after posting “blatantly antisemitic caricature” of fellow member
Monday, 19th July, 14:39
A cartoonist, known as Mumph, has been suspended from YesCymru, an organisation that campaigns for an independent Wales, after posting a cartoon on Twitter which has been described as a “blatantly antisemitic caricature” of a fellow member. The incident was initially raised on Twitter by the group “Labour for an Independent Wales.” It stated that […] Continue reading
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