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What Role Does Antisemitism Play in Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party?
Author(s): Rich, Dave
Editor(s): Rosenfeld, Alvin H.
Date: 2021
Topics: Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Left-Wing, Politics
Why is the British Left Anti-Israel, and Why Does it Matter?
Author(s): Rich, Dave
Editor(s): Lange, Armin; Mayerhofer, Kerstin; Porat, Dina; Schiffman, Lawrence H.
Date: 2021
Topics: Main Topic: Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism: Left-Wing, Israel Criticism
Labour’s Leaked Report: Who Is to Blame for Antisemitism in Britain’s Labour Party?
Author(s): Rich, Dave
Date: 2020
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Left-Wing, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Politics
Abstract: In April 2020, shortly after Keir Starmer replaced Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the UK Labour Party, an internal party report concerning the workings of Labour's internal disciplinary unit in relation to antisemitism was leaked to the media. This report was over 850 pages long and was intended to be submitted to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which is conducting an inquiry into allegations of antisemitism in the Party. However, Labour's lawyers refused to allow it to be used, almost certainly because the content was so damaging to the Party's own defence. It confirmed many of the claims made by Jewish Party members and community organisations during Corbyn's leadership of the party, namely that the disciplinary system was not fit for purpose and cases of alleged antisemitism were ignored or delayed and punishments were too weak. When it was leaked the report caused a scandal because it claimed that Corbyn's efforts to deal with antisemitism were sabotaged by his own Party staff, who were mostly drawn from factions opposed to his left wing project. Furthermore, the report claimed that this was part of a broader conspiracy against Corbyn that even extended to Labour Party staff trying to prevent a Labour victory in the 2017 General Election. The leaked report is selective and inaccurate in many respects and ignores the role played by Corbyn and his close advisers in denying the problem of antisemitism existed. Nor does it address the reasons why people with antisemitic views were attracted to Labour under his leadership. It is most likely that it was written to allow Corbyn and his supporters to continue to claim that their project did not fail on its own merits, but was betrayed by internal saboteur
The Barriers Come Down: Antisemitism and Coalitions of Extremes
Author(s): Rich, Dave
Date: 2004
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Discourse, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism: Left-Wing, Extremism, Main Topic: Antisemitism
Is it good for the Jews?: Anti-Semitism and the New Europe
Author(s): Rich, Dave
Date: 2015
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Antisemitism