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SOCIAL media activists have launched an online campaign backing Labour’s definition of anti-semitism, building support for a Twitterstorm on August 20.
The #backthecode campaign supports the Labour national executive’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-semitism but with guidance added to the accompanying examples to avoid conflation of political criticism of Israel with anti-semitism.
Campaigners are also calling for Facebook users to post in support of the code from 7pm on August 20.
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Starmer doubles down on witch hunt by suspending the whip from Diane Abbott