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We can’t let smears be used to silence criticism of the Israeli state
Resisting the right-wing witch-hunts means defending Corbyn while maintaining zero-tolerance for anti-semitism and all forms of racism, says LINDSEY GERMAN
Lindsey German

WE have reached an incredibly dangerous moment for the left and the whole labour movement with the latest onslaught on Jeremy Corbyn. 

It unites right-wing media, the Tories and those MPs on Labour’s right who are viscerally opposed to everything that he represents and are doing everything they can to destroy his leadership. 

In the process, they are maligning many on the left, in the trade union movement and in grassroots campaigns, accusing them of a racism which should be unacceptable to any socialist, and which is still thankfully a rare occurrence within the left. 

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