EHRC report investigation into antisemitism in the Labour Party

I do, however, agree with you that the EHRC won't ever come to the defence of women.

The Revolution eats its children. It's happening before our eyes.

RedDogsBeg: Wouldn't it be lovely if similar action was taken against those who are mercilessly bullying women for non compliance to the TRA agenda and ideology. I somehow doubt that the EHRC would be the slightest bit interested in investigating that.

According to the Report (pp 205-6), Labour Party members said the effect of Ken Livingstone’s comments “was humiliating, denied the victims’ experience, diminished the issue, had the effect of stirring up and fuelling hatred for Jews and contributed to the creation of a hostile and intimidating environment for Jewish Labour Party members.” (pp 105-5 of the Report)
I think that if this subjective perception of Ken Livingston's actions is the basis of the conclusion that his words were "antisemitic" then by the same shaky standard most posters on FWR (including me) are "transphobic". And I wouldn't be surprised if the next people on the EHRC agenda were feminist organizations expressing the “ highly offensive” view that biological males can't be women.

Virtue signalling by OJ.

Very much doubt he'd do the same for women.

According to the guardian;

A report last year from the Commons women and equalities committee called on the EHRC to “overcome its timidity” and “refocus its work”.

Fucking hell.

Finding this article pretty much all I need to know.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/29/jewish-labour-councillors-who-led-ehrc-antisemitism-process-tell-of-mental-toll?CMP=ShareiOSAppp_Other

I waiting for the report into misogyny but I won’t hold my breath.

My immediate thought after hearing this was, what about their attitude to Women in the party? Just for standing up for women's legally entitled sex protected spaces?
Will we see an EHRC ruling on that, I wonder? (I won't hold my breath!)

I'd appreciate a break it down for me thread on all this.

Does one exist?

I can see how the intersection with feminism works but I've often found the antisemetism things very confusing.

I think it's reasonable to infer that a party capable of "unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination" against one group of people (the Jewish community) might also have vile attitudes towards other groups too.

Ontop of this, many of the people affected will be women.

Glad to see Corbyn being taken to task over the whole thing, long overdue.

Ffs, their war on women who won't comply is never bloody ending.

True. I think that there's a big overlap between those who have been peddling anti-Semitism in the party and those who hate women. It would be good to see them all go.

• I think it's reasonable to infer that a party capable of "unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination" against one group of people (the Jewish community) might also have vile attitudes towards other groups too.

Like women.*

SNP, take note.

Could they please suspend Shami Chakrabarti too who presided over a cover up.

Very pleased with this news and shows Starmer has a bit of a backbone. I'm hoping his reasoning is to deal with one major issue at a time and he will move onto the mysogyny issues next (not fighting too many fires at once). Both issues have a lot in common.

That quote about the complaints inbox - which I took to mean all complaints not just about antisemitism - shows the true extent of the problem though. The Labour Party has been turning a blind eye to bad behaviour for years and has allowed a toxic culture to develop.

Yeah, so unfair, he presided over and facilitated an entire system of discrimination against Jewish members and she......has a different opinion from some trans people.....it’s totally the same thing

Sorry my post was badly worded, I meant wouldn't it be lovely if similar action was taken against those who are mercilessly bullying women for non compliance to the TRA agenda and ideology. I somehow doubt that the EHRC would be the slightest bit interested in investigating that.

Glad this thread is here in FWR even if it isn’t a feminism specific thing; I want to chat with the wise women here about it. Couldn’t believe it when I just saw the newsflash.

Who would take that decision to suspend JC? Starmer? Someone else? More than one person?

Good news that JC has been suspended, it had to be done after KS's unequivocal statement though.

Now wouldn't it be lovely if the Labour Party would do the same for women who are being mercilessly bullied and forced out of the party due to the TRA agenda and ideology - I won't hold my breath.

”The EHRC said the party's complaints process was inconsistent and lacking in transparency", with the email inbox "largely left unmonitored for a number of years" and "no action taken on the majority of complaints forwarded to it".”