The Canary reports on JVL’s launch
One woman’s rousing conference speech shows that Labour has a new force to reckon with [VIDEO]
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A new movement in the Labour Party launched at the Annual Conference on 25 September. And in just a few days, it made itself known in a big way. Its delegates got standing ovations for their speeches, and two major unions have already backed it.
Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL) is anti-racist, and sees Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions as a legitimate rather than antisemitic tactic. And with a controversial rule change on antisemitism passing, JVL has established itself as a timely “force to be reckoned with”.
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[B]efore the [rule change] motion passed, one delegate took an attention-grabbing stand.
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On 26 September, Leah Levane from Hastings & Rye CLP gave a speech at the conference that went viral. She gave voice to Labour members, both Jewish and non-Jewish, who see a difference between criticism of Israel and antisemitism and want to allow for legitimate criticism to keep taking place.
And she got a standing ovation for it
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