Momentum on Antisemitism
That the Labour left movement Momentum has released a statement taking on antisemitism in the Labour Party and the left is welcome. Until now Momentum had been silent on the issue, and had made no suggestions for political education or training on the issue. The statement from the group’s National Coordinating Group goes some way to addressing these shortfalls but is not as comprehensive as the one agreed by the Momentum Steering Committee in 2016 but never released. The 2016 statement calls for the implementation of the Chakrabarti report and for a fairer disciplinary process that would avoid...