On 20 August, over 110 people turned up for an emergency meeting called by Camden Momentum and attended by 16 other Momentum groups from London and the South East. They were responding to the latest attacks on the Labour Party leadership and the movement it has called forth which has made Labour the biggest party in Europe.
Mounting pressure from the pro-Israel lobby, including right wing Labour MPs, backed by the corporate media and the BBC urges Jeremy Corbyn to agree that the party adopts the IHRA examples equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
People were outraged that the implications for Palestinians are hardly considered when it is their lives, their land, their whole society which are in the balance. People also felt strongly that decisions about the future direction of the party and of Momentum were being negotiated over the heads of the members.
The meeting agreed overwhelmingly:
To call A MASS LOBBY OF THE NEC on 4th September when it is expected to vote on this issue.
And to demand:
“The members elected Jeremy Corbyn. The IHRA definition would return the party to the right which we voted down by a large majority – twice. Therefore, the members, not the NEC, nor the PLP, must decide whether or not to adopt the IHRA examples. WE DEMAND THAT THE DECISION BE PUT TO A VOTE OF ALL LABOUR PARTY MEMBERS.”