A tale of two smears: Jamie Driscoll and Roger Waters

In this video, Talal Hangari and I discuss the attacks on musician and global superstar Roger Waters and Labour’s North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll in the UK this week. These attacks seek to smear both of them and film director Ken Loach as antisemitic.
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You can follow Jeff, the comrade who responded so perceptively to my tweet about the standing ovation for Ken Loach, at @Jef_The_Leftist

Some links on Jamies Driscoll’s case:
Jamie’s tweet announcing he’d been blocked:   / 1664673118688772103  
The letter of support from Andy Burnhan and Steve Rotherham:   / 1665387958529130497  
Unite the Union’s statement of support: https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-ev...
The statements from John McDonnell and Momentum:   / 1664674547377885190;     / 1665316926959022082  
The Tribune article by Jon Trickett: https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/06/tric...
The Guardian article by Aditya Chakrabortty:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
The Board of Deputies Ten Pledges: https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org....

Some links on Roger Waters' case:
Attacks from the US state department and European Commission’s antisemitism coordinator: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/us-c...
Michael Gove and Keir Starmer’s letters:   / 1666453072372006916  
Roger Water’s response to the smears:    • Roger Waters bigs up Jeremy Corbyn and sla...  
Christian Wakeford attended an event with Avigdor Lieberman and did not challenge his racism: https://twitter.com/christian4burys/s...
Lieberman says Palestinians should be decapitated and that there are no innocents in Gaza; served as a minister through Israel’s massacres: https://www.adalah.org/en/content/vie...