by
Jonathan Cook
Part
10 - Safe space for whom?
If the
creation of a “safe space” for Jews in the Labour party is code,
as it appears to be, for a safe space for hardline Zionist Jews, it
will inevitably require that the party become a hostile environment
for those engaged in other anti-racism battles.
Stripped
bare, what Lansman and the witchfinders are saying is that Zionist
Jewish sensitivities in the party are the only ones that count, that
anything and everything must be done to indulge them, even if it
means abusing non-Zionist Jewish members, black members, Palestinian
and Muslim members, and those expressing solidarity with
Palestinians.
This is
precisely the political black hole into which simplistic, kneejerk
identity politics inevitably gets sucked.
Right
now, the establishment – represented by Richard Dearlove, a former
head of the MI6 – is maliciously trying to frame Corbyn’s main
adviser, Seumas Milne, as a Kremlin asset.
While
the witchfinders claim to have unearthed a “pattern of behaviour”
in Williamson’s efforts to expose their smears, in fact the real
pattern of behaviour is there for all to see: a concerted McCarthyite
campaign to destroy Corbyn before he can reach No 10.
Corbyn’s
allies are being picked off one by one, from grassroots activists
like Walker and Wadsworth to higher-placed supporters like Williamson
and Milne. Soon Corbyn will stand alone, exposed before the
inquisition that has been prepared for him.
Then
Labour can be restored to the Blairites, the members silenced until
they leave and any hope of offering a political alternative to the
establishment safely shelved. Ordinary people will again be made
passive spectators as the rich carry on playing with their lives and
their futures as though Britain was simply a rigged game of Monopoly.
If
parliamentary politics returns to business as usual for the wealthy,
taking to the streets looks increasingly like the only option. Maybe
it’s time to dust off a Yellow Vest.
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