Zionism and bad actors have a sinister grip on the Left and they must be stopped

Zionism — Since October 7, British citizens across the UK have increasingly woken up to the long-term ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians at the hand of their murderous settler colonialist occupier, Zionist Israel. For many, the live-streamed mass violence and widespread terror shared on social media became a call to action. As a result, it became a call to action which I, like many others, felt deeply. This sparked a strong sense of social responsibility to act.

My journey has led me to finding a journalism career that I am thoroughly passionate about. This empowers me to hold the powerful to account without fear or favour. Let me make this clear to my critics: I have no interest in swooning over powerful people on pedestals. I fight for power in the hands of ordinary people — and I will challenge corruption in our domestic politics wherever it appears.

I am also fiercely and unapologetically anti-Zionist, and surprisingly, this appears to have put me at odds with both the Greens and Your Party. Nevertheless, I do not back down to bullies. Working to stop Zionism is more than worth taking full responsibility for.

In fact, it is political parties themselves which must be made to do better.

Zionism and the Green Party

Zionism is an undeniable issue in the Green Party. I witnessed it in my own time as a candidate in the ’24 General Election. In that election, Zionists within the ranks manipulated myself and my local party to withdraw my own candidacy. They did so by informing that I did not have support from the Green’s following an investigation into antisemitism allegations churned out by the Murdoch hate rags and right-wing press.

After that, due to no longer trusting the party, I ended my membership, started working with Assemble and became an independent.

Since then, I have learned this was a blatant lie as I had been cleared of any and all antisemitism by the party’s GPRC and GPeX. In reality, an unelected Zionist bureaucrat just didn’t like that an anti-Zionist might represent the Green Party. So they subverted process to block it.

That lack of appetite for anti-Zionism is still going strong despite public appearances. Moreover, we only need to look to the filibustered “Zionism is Racism” motion at their recent spring conference. This will have undoubtedly come from pro-Zionist shills in the party.

Auschwitz survivor: “…just as the Nazis taught me in Germany”

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"In Israeli schools, racism against Palestinians is taught, and students are indoctrinated about the state, blood, and soil, just as the Nazis taught me in Germany. Zionism is a nationalist, racist, and colonialist ideology…"

—An Auschwitz survivor Jew Hajo Meyer pic.twitter.com/icwKx6tkY6

— The Resonance (@Partisan_12) November 11, 2025

Justifying further the understanding that Zionism is indeed racism is the very fact that racism itself has been reported by minoritised Greens. Going further, it appears a mixture of racism and Zionism are being deployed specifically to shut down anti-Zionist members. This can only ring alarm bells for pro-Palestinian activists across the country. In particular, those who actually learned from the malicious faux-antisemitism crisis under Corbyn’s Labour.

Unlike Polanski apparently, who appears set to oversee a continuation of bogus antisemitism allegations as we reported recently on the deeply concerning letter sent by Green member, Hamza Egal. Even worse, we appear to be witnessing a mix of racism and islamophobia amidst the attacks which conveniently fall on anti-Zionist members.

Zionism is not ‘complex’ or ‘nuanced’

Deputy leader Mothin Ali has beautifully shown no difficulty in recognising the scourge of Zionism. Refreshingly, he has gone further and offered a place of safety for those affected by pro-Israel, pro-genocide smear campaigns:

This exposes a deeply concerning lack of principled leadership. It is made more evident by Polanski’s ‘nuanced take’ on the colonialist political ideology of Zionism:

Polanski should be made to take a clear and consistent stance against all forms of racism, including Zionism which must be seen as anti-Palestinian racism. Otherwise, if he fails to do so, it risks allowing these toxic and abusive attitudes to take root within the Green Party. Furthermore, it can weaken its ability to stand up to fascism.

Zionism and Your Party

Your Party has positioned itself as the anti-war, anti-imperialism, anti-Zionist party many times — after all, it was largely formed by the Independent MPs in Corbyn’s alliance in Parliament. Needless to say, most calls for a strong anti-Zionist stance have come from MP Zarah Sultana’s dogged and principled insistence. However, as is often the way with Corbyn, he has been reluctant to be as transparent about his own held position.

Instead, his supporters tout that “he will free the Palestinian people”, whilst the leader himself can’t find it within himself to answer one simple, crucial question: is he actually anti-Zionist?

The blatant discomfort on show from Corbyn at the time speaks volumes. In turn, it raises alarm bells as to whether he really can be the bulwark that we need to actually try to turn the tide of tyranny facing us all. After all, we all know how he weathers under concerted pressure from rogue forces. He capitulated and oversaw a purge of anti-Zionist socialists under the guise of antisemitism.

On the other hand, at a meeting in London in November, Corbyn seemed more than capable of saying he firmly opposed Zionism. He also appeared to recognise the scale of death, devastation and destruction that it inevitably delivers:

The whole Zionist project was about expanding Israel forevermore, which is exactly what [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is doing with the Greater Israel project. So, yes — absolute opposition to Zionism, and absolute solidarity with the people of Palestine.

And now we have the genocide, and it is a genocide in Gaza. We in Your Party are absolutely in solidarity with the people of Palestine, and will be guided by them on the policies we develop and the direction we take going forward.

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Corbyn appears to be back for another purge

Coincidentally, this ‘socialist’ party which claims to oppose all forms of oppression has been seen to purge socialist groups for supposedly not aligning with its values. In stark contrast, the ruling clique have shown far more openness to former Tories and social conservatives. Subsequently, we’ve seen emboldened bigotry on display enraging socialist members in the movement and bringing the party’s socialist credentials under further scrutiny.

That contradiction is glaring — and it’s fuelling serious doubts among socialists about whether Jeremy Corbyn can provide the clear, principled leadership they’re demanding.

Moreover, many do not appear to believe so. In fact, resignations soon followed the purge of socialists from anti-war groups like Counterfire. Corbyn even managed to entirely alienate his Scottish members. Those members have now resigned en-masse and committed to building a socialist party that they can trust.

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Your Party – Goodbye Scotland

Solidarity with members and former members of Your Party Scotland

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After months of bureaucratic provocations, the withholding of data, funds and support for the Holyrood election in May, Your Party has suffered a mass resignation in Scotland. pic.twitter.com/6dzrOJSzM6

— Democratic Socialists (@DemSocsYP) April 14, 2026

Clarify your positions and damn well be effective

This miserable debacle has certainly taught us one thing for certain. Pedestalled leaders are not the hope for the people. Clearly, the real hope for change and repair can only come from ordinary people who feel its very urgency.

This failure of leadership in YP has devastated members. Nevertheless, rather than give up, their socialist, anti-oppression resolve has only strengthened in conviction. That conviction has the power to develop into a truly historic moment for the UK. No longer looking to privileged leaders who break their promises, ordinary people are now working towards a party of their own that actually answers to its members.

Green’s should learn from the disappointing experience of YP members and demand clarification on Polanski’s ‘nuanced’ position on Zionism. After all, being hoodwinked is exactly the MO of establishment politicians, Corbyn very clearly has, Polanski may be no different.

We have to face facts: There is no time to waste in being fooled by self-interested, self-important leaders who believe their own hype.

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By Maddison Wheeldon

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