Carmen Williams

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Since people are getting misinformation about CEC voting yesterday. I voted against excluding socialists on Dual Membership. I voted against the Complaint Procedure as not a single amendments put forward were accepted including keeping records of cases for future references.

Great undercover reporting by @DeclassifiedUK showing that a British registered charity UK Toremet may be passing money to settler groups in occupied Palestine in breach of charity law. The full video report is below. Here is their summary. An Israeli organisation has been caught on camera offering to help British citizens move to an illegal settlement in the West Bank. Declassified can reveal how the group, Shivat Zion, told supporters it could benefit from UK tax subsidies – despite staff bragging about “awesome” settlements. An undercover investigation saw the group’s “encouragement” officer discussing the support it would give settlers moving to Efrat, in the West Bank. “You’re next to the Arabs; you’ll hear their mosques,” he was recorded saying. “But apart from this, it’s a great living standard.” The comments were made during a Zoom call with a Jewish anti-Zionist activist, who asked Declassified to secretly film the conversation. In February, the UK government promised to take “concrete steps in accordance with international law to counter settlement expansion”. Foreign minister Hamish Falconer said: “Israel’s illegal settlements and decisions designed to further them are a flagrant violation of international law”. But Declassified can reveal how Shivat Zion invited supporters to claim UK Gift Aid when making donations. Despite being registered in Israel, it directed donations to a separate charity called UK Toremet Ltd, based near London. In an email seen by Declassified, a representative from Shivat Zion claimed that donations “go through” the UK Toremet charity, explaining that this “ensures the donations properly reach Shivat Zion”. If money were to be received this way, it could mean that support for illegal settlers could potentially benefit from British tax subsidies. #DismantleZionism

From @DefendOurJuries Some extremely worrying news has been leaked in relation to the Filton 24 re-trial that began today. This information was reported against court restrictions by a brave journalist at The Grayzone because clearly it is in the public interest. All of the mainstream press has so far chosen to cooperate with the court order against reporting these facts. We have decided to share this publicly. (Be aware that doing so yourself could put you at legal risk). Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If convicted, these six, as well as 18 others, will likely be sentenced as terrorists, facing long prison terms. But the court will not be telling jurors of this fact about sentencing. This means that the jurors could reach “guilty” verdicts on the charge of “criminal damage”, totally unaware that these brave young people would be sentenced as terrorists. All this despite not a single terrorism charge being brought against the defendants AND the High Court ruling that Palestine Action was unlawfully proscribed. Activists have also been banned from telling jurors how their efforts sought to impede the Gaza genocide, under threat of contempt of court charges. Jurors deserve to hear the whole truth.

If you think members in Scotland only left because of the elections - which they voted to stand in by the way - you have bigger problems than I thought.

here we go. this ain't a coincidence. "Israel" is showing Sanchez what it means to put his own country before the nation of genocidal parasites.

“It is banned because the Israeli government wanted it banned…” Tucker Carlson calls out the Palestine Action ban on the BBC.

I have this afternoon resigned as Scotland Rep on Your Party's CEC, and will be leaving the party altogether. Full statement below

I'll be sharing all my votes transparently in my report but, needless to say, I voted against dual membership bans and for amendments not to proscribe parties. Hopefully, my reasoning is clear. Sharing voting records is standard and I believe members deserve openness on this.

Did you know Britain signed a military agreement with Israel in 2020 and we're never allowed to know what's in it? It may commit us to "mutual self-defence" It may explain the spy missions we flew for Israel during its genocidal campaign in Gaza We need to know what's in it

@JamesEFoster @thisisyourparty @LisetteinDevon The cheek of it!

@thisisyourparty @LisetteinDevon “Members in Scotland will decide the future of Your Party in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿” 🤔

📢Statement: the next steps for Your Party Scotland A group of Scottish members selected by sortition will drive forward branch formation. Longer term, members will elect a Scottish Executive Committee. Members in Scotland will decide the future of Your Party in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Your Party consolidates into Labour 2.0… What next? dlvr.it/TS0b6z

I didn’t vote for purge the left and proscription of the left. It’s a sad day for socialists. We should be working together to defeat the far right instead we’re purging our own people.

UK media is forbidden from reporting these shocking facts: Palestine Action is being deceptively tried for “terrorism,” with jurors being told it’s a mere criminal trial PA’s lawyer faces contempt of court for mounting an effective defense The British state is so desperate to crush these antiwar activists and preserve Israeli death factories on its soil that it is resorting to crude anti-democratic tactics and corrupting the entire jury system

@thisisyourparty - Squandering a Generational Opportunity Democratic Socialists of Your Party express our dismay at the decision of the Central Executive Committee to impose bans on socialist organisations and to introduce rules restricting members from organising politically.

Your Party has announced in an email to members a decision on dual membership taken by its Central Executive Committee on Sunday: "that members of other national political parties that do not align with [its] core values of openness are ineligible for membership of Your Party. This includes parties that maintain strict internal discipline and binding lines that are incompatible with transparency and accountability within Your Party." Details of this and other CEC decisions will be reported soon. Members who would like the opportunity to discuss the implications of the latest developments are invited to an online meeting on Friday April 17. @PlatformforaDP @Grassroots_Left

@TPleicester @jeremycorbyn They’ll kill the national party too unless there’s a fundamental change of direction. It’ll slowly die as the party-movement which should have been the instrument for societal change that’s desperately needed. So unnecessary!

Sad but both understandable and inevitable. Solidarity to Comrades in Scotland. Well done @jeremycorbyn and the rest of TM on killing the Scottish YP.

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