Anti-zionism is not racism! Join our protest today!
Communists arrested for telling the truth about zionism and imperialism. Free speech is dying in Britain today.
Read, download or listen to our pamphlet on zionism here.
Four members of the CPGB-ML were arrested in London yesterday (see video above). They were manning a party stall at a demonstration in support of Palestine and against the genocide in Gaza.
They have been held in a south London police station since their arrest. While we are still not sure of the exact charge, video footage of their arrest makes it clear that the excuse used was ‘incitement to racial hatred’, based on the cover design of our party’s pamphlet on zionism.
The police have long been aware of this pamphlet, having taken copies of it from our stalls numerous times over the years. Therefore, the decision to move against us yesterday was a political and not a legal one.
So far, in all media coverage, the arrests have been referred to as on grounds of ‘inciting racial hatred’. The name of our party and the details of the pamphlet in question have been carefully ommitted from all reported details.
It is our belief that the arrest of our comrades, the 3.00am raids on their homes, and the confiscation of our literature is aimed at fueling the ruling class’s present narrative around the growing pro-Palestine and anti-zionism protest movement. They want to try to stop the anti-genocide movement in its tracks by scaring away ordinary workers on the basis that they are mixing with racists and promoting hate.
They want to keep the wider population from joining this growing movement against Israeli zionism by conflating it with racism.
We are happy to defend both the contents and the cover of this pamphlet in court, since they reflect long-established truths about the origins, purpose and history of zionism. This is a history all workers need to understand if they are to make sense of the present genocidal Israeli regime.
These are questions that our pamphlet raises and answers. As our party has done in our work on Palestine consistently since our founding 20 years ago, and as our founding comrades have been doing since the 1960s.
We stand ready to defend our analysis, our organisation and the cause of Palestine, which is the cause of anti-imperialism and anti-racism. The cause of truth and justice. The cause of self-determination, national liberation, freedom and equality. The cause of all progressive humanity.
Meanwhile, every servant of the state who cooperates in the persecution of our comrades is guilty of collusion with Israeli war crimes. They should consider carefully their position on this, since the verdicts at Nuremberg after WW2 made it clear that ‘following orders’ is no defence.
We are asking as many people as possible to join us this afternoon for a protest outside Sutton police station, where our comrades are being held.
2.30pm at 6 Carshalton Rd, Sutton SM1 4RF
If you can’t join us in person, please circulate this information as widely as you can. If you are an independent journalist, please get in touch for an interview or use the above video on your channels.
If you can send us a brief solidarity message, please record it on video and send by email to info@cpgb-ml.org.
