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Marc Wadsworth

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(Activist)
British anti-racist campaigner

Marc Wadsworth is a British anti-racist campaigner, was the founder member of Anti-Racist Alliance and campaigned over the racist murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence.[1]

Bringing Labour into disrepute

Marc Wadsworth was expelled from the Labour Party on 27 April 2018 for allegedly "bringing the party into disrepute". This decision related to a confrontation on 30 June 2016 between him and Labour MP, Ruth Smeeth at the launch of the publication of the Chakrabarti Inquiry report into allegations of anti-semitism and other forms of racism in the Labour Party.[2]

Solidarity with Jo Bird

On 4 March 2019, Marc Wadsworth tweeted:

Solidarity to @JVoiceLabour comrade & ally cllr Jo Bird cruelly and unjustly suspended by @UKLabour[3] for self-deprecating joke at Manchester #Justice4marc event. She's one of the bravest socialists I know. Pity same cannot be said for the supine appeasers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Andrew Hosken, Ken: The Ups and Downs of Ken Livingstone, Arcadia Books, 10 April 2008: Chapter 18: 1985-1994. Ken and the rise of Socialist Action, 1985–1994, p. 265–67
  2. ↑ https://news.sky.com/story/labour-activist-marc-wadsworth-expelled-over-anti-semitism-row-11348450
  3. ↑ "Labour councillor suspended after 'Jew process' joke"
  4. ↑ Solidarity to @JVoiceLabour comrade & ally cllr Jo Bird"
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