The Forde Report is vital to the future of the Labour Party: so why has there been silence?
Channel: Jewish Voice for Labour
Date: 16/12/2022

John McDonnell MP with Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi & Miriam David led a JVL members' workshop on the Forde Report.

The workshop explored the recent Report and how it undermined the dominant narrative of a Labour Party over-run with antisemitism. The speakers described how Jews and others who defend Palestinian rights were unfairly disciplined by the Party. They explained how the report showed this focus on equating Jews with Israel and inaccurately labeling criticism of Zionism as antisemitism also penalised black other racialised minority members of the Party because their experiences of discrimination and harassment were given less or no attention.

A lively Q&A session teased out many important points about the failures of Labour Party governance and internal democracy.