Jeremy Corbyn and Britain’s largest political party stand strong with Palestine at annual Liverpool conference
As
soon the conference began, one thing was clear: Palestine was going
to have a significant place in the discussions and resolutions. What
was also clear was that there is a segment within the U.K. Labour
Party that is deeply Zionist, opposes Corbyn, and works within the
party to undermine him.
by
Miko Peled
The
2018 U.K. Labour conference held in Liverpool, September 23-26, will
be remembered as a turning point in U.K. relations to the Palestinian
issue. Britain, which is rightfully accused for its role in promoting
the Zionist takeover of Palestine, now seems prepared to make amends.
In his final speech, on the final day of the conference and following
many events and votes on the Palestine issue, Labour Leader Jeremy
Corbyn made it clear that a Labour government led by him would hold
Israel responsible for its human-rights violations, killing of
unarmed protesters, and detention of children. Labour also made it
clear it is ready to review the sales of British-made arms to Israel.
All of this was achieved in spite of the fact that elements within
the Labour Party have been striving to undermine Corbyn’s
leadership.
Part
1 - Liverpool
Liverpool
— a city with a proud history as a bastion of socialism, workers’
rights and unions — seems a natural choice for the U.K. Labour
Party to have its annual conference, particularly with the new wave
of socialist momentum given to the party by its leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Known
mostly as home of the Beatles, Liverpool is also one of England’s
most diverse and politically engaged cities. Being an historically
important port city means Liverpool’s history is also connected to
the slave trade, and in August 2007 the city had opened the
International Slave Museum so as not to forget the role it played in
this horrendous international crime against humanity.
Liverpool’s
diversity is unique among European cities: it is home to the oldest
Black African community in the United Kingdom and the oldest Chinese
community in all of Europe.
After
the famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1852, over 2 million Irish
migrated to the city in a single decade. The nickname “scouser”
for people of Liverpool comes from an old Irish stew. Liverpool is
home to England’s first mosque, established in 1889; and the
Princess Road synagogue, which is one of England’s oldest and most
beautiful Jewish synagogues.
During
the Thatcher years, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is known to have
ordered a “managed decline” to bring Liverpool to ruin, which it
succeeded in doing.
It
wasn’t until the year 2000 that a £1 billion grant from the
European Union helped the city to rebuild and regenerate itself, and
today it is a beautiful and prosperous town. The EU also helped fund
the cleaning of the Mersey River, which was at one point one of the
most polluted rivers in Europe; as a result of an £8 billion
clean-up of the sewage that once polluted the river, today it is one
of the cleanest.
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