Sharon Graham’s appalling record on Gaza spotlighted again
Members and activists of Unite are lobbying their union’s conference in Brighton on Monday morning to demand that Unite general secretary Sharon Graham finally follow the union’s democratic policies and take action against Israel’s genocide and in support of the Palestinian people of Gaza, the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
A leaflet produced by the protest organisers explains:
The protest puts a spotlight yet again on Graham’s appalling record on Gaza, as on so much else. She has been alleged by Unite insiders to have:
• told her chief of staff to threaten a soon-to-retire official with the loss of a pension bonus if he did not soften his support for Palestinians
• banned Unite officials and national banners from pro-Gaza protests
• banned and smeared films and books exposing the ‘Labour antisemitism’ scam
• placed an official under investigation who refused to cancel a Palestine solidarity fringe event at Labour’s 2023 annual conference
• told union members that she will always prioritise jobs over taking action against Israel’s genocide
and more.
The protest will take place from 8am Monday 7 July at the Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton BN1 2GR. Members and supporters are invited to join the demo.
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‘Sharon Graham’s appalling record on Gaza spotlighted again’
Is she actually human! Is she really totally deviod of empathy! Obviously she *IS*, and so therefore she qualifies as a psychopath. But perhaps someone could do a test just to double check and give her the two skwawkbox articles prior to this one to read to see how, and if, she reacts like any normal person would.
How on earth did she ever get to be general secretary FCOL?!!
Anyway, I just came across this excellent article from a couple of days ago listed in Truthout’s latest notification:
Jewish Safety Will Not Come Through More Guns, Policing, and Repression
The best route to Jewish community safety lies in building solidarity with all marginalized groups.
https://truthout.org/articles/jewish-safety-will-not-come-through-more-guns-policing-and-repression/
Meanwhile, Spartacus puts another brick in the wall:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3rjD780swY4
……and right on cue, like a Pavlov’s dogs tribute act, UK Lawyers for Israel……
https://www.uklfi.com/roger-waters-reported-to-counter-terrorism-police
……report Roger Waters to the counter terrorist police:
“Roger Waters has been reported to the counter-terrorism police for expressing support for the newly proscribed Palestine Action. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has reported the 81 year old former member of Pink Floyd to the police after he posted a video of himself on Facebook praising Palestine Action after the proscription had come into effect.”
“Hey Anti-Merchants of Death who throw paint & smash property up to stop a Genocide what do you say?’
“How many human beings have you harmed or killed today?”
ANSWER: “Nil.”
“Hey UK Lab Govt (+previous Tory Govt) selling arms, using spy planes, allowing Israeli companies to manufacture in the UK, all to aid “Plausible Genocide” by Israel in Gaza (ICJ) what do you say?”
“How many Palestinians are you complicit in killing to date?”
ANSWER: “400,000” (?)