Author: David Taylor
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Solidarity against Antisemitism
Solidarity, today and always, with our fellow Socialist Society the Jewish Labour Movement and our Jewish brothers and sisters who have experienced antisemitism in the past few years. Antisemitism is a disease that must be rooted out of our Party. With the launch of today’s report we pledge to stand with you to fight for…
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Remembering Srebrenica
by David Taylor, Vice-Chair Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, in which over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were murdered in the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War, simply because of their Muslim identity. As an organisation we believe that we must ensure that we never forget about…
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World leaders must learn lessons from the past and act now on Covid
As first posted on Labour List At the Labour Campaign for International Development, we are completely in awe of the heroic carers, nurses, doctors, porters, cleaners, posties and everyone fighting this virus on the frontline. We join the rest of the labour movement in calling for them to get the personal protective equipment (PPE) that…
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Committing to Human Rights in Syria
Today LCID has written with the Syrian British Council to Emily Thornberry, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, calling on her to ensure a future Labour Government protects human rights in Syria. The Syrian British Council are a a recently established organisation that brings together Syrian civil society groups, British nationals and UK-based Syrian individuals across Britain to…
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LCID 10th Anniversary Event
Today was a special day, as we hosted an event in Parliament to celebrate 10 years of LCID. We’re going to have videos of Gordon’s and everyone’s speeches in the coming days, but in the meantime, here is what I shared on behalf of LCID itself: When LCID was set up ten years ago our…
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Letter to Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott re Assad apologist David Miller
Dear Diane, We are deeply concerned to learn that you are to take part in the launch today, 5th September, of a CAGE publication co-authored by David Miller, a notorious pro-Assad atrocity denier. You previously appeared on a panel with him at a ‘Spinwatch’ panel event back on the 26th March. David Miller, a professor…
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Civilians must be protected in Sudan protests
You might have seen it on the news. After years living under a dictatorship responsible for gross human rights violations, protests erupt in cities around the country about poor living standards and demanding “Freedom, peace and justice.” The regime responds brutally, intimidating protesters and imprisoning, beating, and tear gassing them. And if that wasn’t bad…
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The war in Yemen – 3 ways the UK must act
The war in Yemen is the largest humanitarian disaster on the planet today – and it’s one that’s almost entirely man-made. Some estimate that almost 60,000 people have been killed since March 2015, and thousands more injured. Over 17 million Yemeni people cannot be sure of having enough to eat each day, leaving the country…
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LCID Submission to the Labour International Development Task Force
Labour has always fought for justice and equality for all both at home and abroad. That must continue. Whilst the world has changed and remains in constant flux, one thing remains constant: Labour values of cooperation and internationalism are the ones to guide us in a globalised world. This submission presents seven areas of priority…
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Labour frontbench position on the Assad regime must be clarified
Together with our friends at Syria Solidarity UK, LCID have written to Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry asking her to clarify Labour’s position on the Assad regime. This follows her remarks in the Commons on Monday, in Hansard here. The letter is below and a PDF copy can be viewed here. Dear Ms Thornberry, We…
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