Solidarity 499, 20 March 2019

The ship that turned away

Sometimes the starkest warnings come from events that don't take place. In this case, the warning came from Honda's decision to turn back a ship destined for the UK. It was the arrival that never happened. But its significance runs far beyond Honda's current vehicle production in Swindon, Nissan's plans for manufacturing in Sunderland, Toyota's plant in Derbyshire or BMW's production of the new Mini at Cowley, Oxford. Honda's ship was loaded with equipment needed for the next generation of electric vehicles. What turned away amounts to a bleak warning about post-Brexit Britain. It made a...

The GMB and the “Zionist plot” story

Above: Gregson with Rabbi Aharon Cohen of Neturei Karta, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group which is vehemently anti-Israel and argues that Jews "deserved" the Holocaust Shop steward Peter Gregson’s appeal against expulsion from the GMB trade union was rejected last Wednesday (6 March). Last year a GMB disciplinary hearing had concluded that Gregson had: • Written and promoted antisemitic materials which were racist in nature, including claims that Israel “exaggerated” the Holocaust. • Made “utterly unacceptable and frankly sinister attacks” on GMB organiser Rhea Wolfson, describing her as “a...

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