2-26-2020 MuzzleWatch: Signs the British weaponization of antisemitism is coming to the US - Rob Lipton Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2020/02/muzzlewatch-signs-the-british-weaponization-of-antisemitism-is-coming-to-the-us/

 

…As of this writing, left labor in England has been decimated through the ginned up, explicitly false claims of antisemitism with no end to the aftershocks from this...If you've been paying attention, there is a British Labour party "compliance unit for antisemitism" and it's exactly as bad as it sounds. Based on the deeply flawed IHRA definition of antisemitism, this inquisitorial system actually is more akin to a Stalinist purge show trial than the already sufficiently odious McCarthy hearings.  This self-flagellating cleaning of the ranks has resulted in a wholesale purge of Labour members, most recently, 25 people expelled in a single day. …[Abby] Martin was contracted to give a talk in media literacy at Georgia Southern University this February 28th.  When the actual contract was sent to her, she was surprised to see language mandating that she could only receive compensation if she signed an oath to not advocate for BDS or criticize Israel, as stipulated in Georgia state law.  She refused, not a surprise given her work on Palestinian rights and rights abuses committed by the Israeli government. Two civil rights groups have signed on to defend Martin, in response to this obvious case of attempted censorship.  Indeed, Edward Mitchell of CAIR-Georgia described the law as "blatantly and hilariously unconstitutional." And, as repeated SCOTUS decisions have found, "Boycotts are fundamentally a protected free speech rights…" The good news is that there is starting to be a concerted response to such legislation and anti-free speech attacks with the above groups as well as Palestine Legal and the ACLU mounting legal cases...

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