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Vol. 80/No. 19 May 16, 2016
UK candidates debate gov’t anti-Muslim law
Militant/Ögmundur Jónsson
LONDON — Jonathan Silberman, the Communist League candidate for mayor
and assembly here, speaks at a debate organized by Muslim Engagement and
Development in Stamford Hill April 28.
Suyfan Ismail from MEND, next to Silberman, asked for the assembly
candidates’ views on the Prevent program. This government scheme
encourages individuals, and requires workers in schools and the health
service, to report others they suspect of “extremist” views. The nearby
Waltham Forest Council of Mosques boycotts Prevent as an anti-Muslim
witch hunt.
The Green Party’s Samir Jeraj, third from right, said the Prevent
program should be reviewed. Tim Allen of the Respect Party, second from
right, called for it to be scrapped, while backing the cops shooting to
kill as part of the government’s “counterterrorist” strategy. At right
is Liberal Democrat Terry Stacy.
“Prevent targets Muslims and is aimed at turning working people into
snitches, getting us to spy on one another. The Communist League opposes
all government attacks on working people’s rights in the name of
counterterrorism,” Silberman said. “The fight against attacks on Muslims
should go hand in hand with the fight against Jew-hatred,” he added,
referring to the recent suspension of prominent Labour Party officials
for anti-Semitism.
— PAUL DAVIES
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