Ken Livingstone: An Anti-Zionist Hero
CrossFireArabia- December 26, 2024
This is a tribute to Ken Livingstone from Ousman Noor:
A tribute to one of the first major targets of the worldwide Zionist smear machine. Ken Livingstone, a towering leader of authentic socialist principles, London’s first Mayor, a committed anti-racist, described as “the only truly successful left-wing British politician of modern times”. In 2016, Ken was suspended from the UK Labour Party for telling us the truth about Isreal’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land, noting that Zionists had directly collaborated with the Nazis to break the international boycott led by Jewish communities, to finance Zionist settlement in Palestine (Haavara Agreement).
As a consequence, Ken was viciously targeted by the entire media establishment (including by the Guardian) and branded an anti-Semite, isolated and stigmatised across the political class. Under immense pressure and calls for his expulsion, Ken was defiant, stating “I’m not going to apologise for telling the truth”. After an entire lifetime of standing up for the oppressed, championing working class solidarity, mobilising against war, Zionists were able to brand Ken as racist and destroy his career and reputation.
Ken now has Alzeimers and is in a very poor condition. This past year we have all been witness to Isreal’s genocide in Gaza, apartheid against the Palestinian people, disregard for international law and use of malicious tactics to smear those calling them out as “anti-Semites”. We stand on the shoulders of people like Ken Livingstone and many others who always stood up for Palestinians with a commitment to the truth, no matter the cost to their career. Thank you Ken May you be at peace in this life and for all eternity.
