Thunberg and Lineker join over 245 signing open letter defending Misan Harriman

Greta Thunberg and Gary Lineker have joined over 245 public figures in defending Misan Harriman in an open letter organised by the Good Law Project.

This follows targeted attacks from pro-Israel bad actors, with the letter calling out this:

dishonest smear campaign.

Harriman sits as chair of the Southbank Centre and has earned a significant amount of respect from the British public during his career. He earned this respect and solidarity due to his principled positions on many cultural and societal issues in the UK.

Moreover, Harriman has been outspoken against the genocide on Gaza and has regularly confronted issues of injustice.

Now, Harriman has fallen prey to the Zionists’ well-worn tool of labelling people as antisemitic for exposing the dishonesty, cruelty, and barbarity of Israel. Subsequently, calls from right-wing, pro-Israel MPs to have him sacked from his position are facing huge, record-breaking pushback from the British public in complaints to IPSOS.

Instead, this widely supported letter and the public in general are making it clear that lessons have been learned following prior false antisemitism witch-hunts.

See more

Harriman told the Guardian: “We have reached the point where truth itself is being crushed by the very institutions that are supposed to uphold it"https://t.co/MpGGtncN8D

— Good Law Project (@GoodLawProject) May 13, 2026

Advertisement

Misan Harriman offered valuable critique

The right-wing, billionaire-interested mainstream press and pro-Israel lobby groups have once again been hard at work. This time, their mission is to smear influential figure Misan Harriman. With shameful, defamatory pieces put out by the Telegraph, informed by Tory MPs and far-right pundits, they are making clear that they intend to destroy Harriman’s career as he has obviously, and rightfully, tweaked some Zionist nerves.

Harriman has posted criticism of mainstream media coverage after the Golders Green attacks, in which the Muslim victim has seemed to garner little attention. Following the local elections wins by Reform UK, he posted a video discussing how deadly, sinister events like the Holocaust come to pass:

Quoting the renowned Jewish human rights activist and academic Susan Sontag, Harriman’s ‘controversial’ video which irritated Reform MP Robert Jenrick said:

She said when thinking about the Holocaust, 10% of people in any population are cruel no matter what, and 10% is merciful no matter what and the other – this is important – the other remaining 80% could be moved in either direction.

It’s such a profound way to look at us. In the context of yesterday’s election result it is something which I think is really topical.

Clearly, Harriman, and Sontag, tweaked a nerve amongst the right-wing, Zionist bought political establishment and pressure groups. With their sights now set on Harriman, they are now pursuing a typical defamatory and discriminatory agenda of labelling people as antisemitic.

Harriman’s offence: opposing genocide and mass murder and questioning why Muslim lives matter so little in the West.

4,322 signatories: “We stand for truth and justice.”

Nevertheless, it is beautifully apparent that these allegations will not stick without a good public showdown. Celebrities, activists and the general public are making it abundantly clear that hoodwinking and witch-hunts will no longer work. After all, identifying the true enemies of the working class, civil rights, and frankly humanity itself has become pretty damn easy, given how many masks have slipped since 7 October 2023.

4,322 people, and counting, have signed this open letter confronting the smear head on, saying:

We, the undersigned, come together in solidarity with Misan Harriman, photographer, filmmaker, and advocate. We are deeply concerned about the dishonest smear campaign orchestrated by the Telegraph and the Mail…

The purpose of the smear campaign, which we repeat is entirely without foundation in fact, is to traduce and marginalise Misan. And it is intended to send a message to others that if they speak out, they will be subject to harassment and threats.

We believe that safeguarding freedom of expression is essential to a healthy democracy. And that trying to silence responsible critics of Israel by smearing them as antisemitic does not protect Britain’s Jewish community.

They powerfully finish:

We stand against all forms of hate speech, violence and discrimination.

We stand for truth and justice.

Advertisement

We stand with Misan Harriman.

Mark Ruffalo also spoke up for Harriman on his social media. The Marvel star joined his post on Instagram in which he spoke about the lack of interest from the MSM to actually recognise the huge number of principled, and devoted, anti-Zionist Jews who have joined protests against the genocide on Gaza:

The public isn’t falling for it this time

This disgusting smear campaign has only pushed solidarity with Palestinians further into the spotlight. Ironically, this gross campaign is actually reinforcing the understanding that confronting and opposing oppressive states, structures, and societies is absolutely the right thing to do.

Going further, his decision to quote a Jewish human rights activist who discussed how disastrous, sinister and hugely fatal events like the holocaust come to pass speaks volumes. It also underscores how baseless the antisemitism smears truly are.

With many Jewish activists and public figures calling out this smear campaign against Harriman, bad actors are simply exposing their own antisemitism in the process.

Therefore, we at the Canary urge you to sign this letter from the Good Law Project and join Thunberg, Lineker and fellow British citizens in defending humanity, decency and international law.

Featured image via the Canary

By Maddison Wheeldon

Source link