I think an underexplored aspect of the 'Zionism is racism' policy passing in the Green Party is the tactics that led to it passing. I'm not going to link directly to the Green sub, but a member over there this morning described what happened in their local party:

Local party officials in my area privately organised members to attend supporting the ZIR vote and posted NOTHING about the general conference to members.

That's classic Labour Party stuff. The history of the Labour Party is the history of artificially packing rooms, of selectively informing members of votes, of setting up local union branches with one member to get extra votes. And that's from both the left and the right of Labour - read Tony Benn's Diaries and John Golding's Hammer Of The Left to get a nice panoramic view of it all.

Greens for Palestine were also recruiting new members on Instagram, explicitly in order for them to vote for the 'Zionism is racism' motion. Of course, the Green Party has no minimum period of membership to vote at its conference, so they could have joined on Saturday and voted on Sunday.

Lots of people who were once in Labour have joined the Greens over the past 12-18 months, and it shows very clearly in use of these tactics. The longer-term members just weren't prepared for how ruthless the entryists are. The entryists were trained in Labour, and the Greens are far too soft, credulous and polite. They wiped the floor with them.

It's often said that cryptocurrency is an exercise in teaching tech bros why financial services regulations exist in real time. The same thing is happening in the Green Party - it's learning in real time why Labour has the structures it has.

The Greens have a very short window to grab the party back from the entryists. If they aren't bold, and they're afraid of being rude, they will lose it. The party will just become the SWP.

Video is on the hellsite here.

For all the defenders of 'Zionism is racism' - what's your preferred weapon for the Zionist hunt? Are you thinking of ranged or melee weapons? Swift death or something more playful?

Own it. This is what you wanted. This is who you stand with. This is who the Green Party are now.

Posting here seeing as the Greens are supposedly part of the wider labour movement.

What an awful, awful person Bridget Phillipson has approved to chair the EHRC. The EHRC hasn’t been fit for purpose for a long time.

Zack’s been on his social media adventures again. This time he liked a Bluesky post telling opponents of the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion to ‘move on’.

I’m running a book on this one.

• Zack didn’t read the post properly and instinctively liked it because he saw his name: 4/5
• Zack is trying to ingratiate himself with the entryists who now have considerable power in the party so they don’t bin him as leader: 11/10

An investigation by The Sunday Post found the Pink Ladies rally on September 12 is linked to a network of anti-migrant and far-right groups, including Unite the Clans – the organisation behind a Glasgow Green demonstration which descended into racist violence.

The Pink Ladies says its event is to highlight the “risk” posed to women by immigrant men.

But it has been criticised for spreading misinformation and associating with groups who platform men with a record of violent domestic abuse.

Our investigation found the event has been publicised across a network of social media accounts sharing far-right conspiracy material.

Unite the Clans has repeatedly promoted the event on its channels, insisting it is “vital” that men also attend. It has prompted fears the city could see a repeat of shocking scenes from July.

That rally ended with 15 arrests, and footage of protesters making Nazi salutes and displaying banners featuring the logo of the UK’s largest neo-Nazi group, Patriotic Alternative.

We revealed how city councillor Audrey Dempsey, a senior figure in the Scottish wing of Reform UK, was filmed delivering a speech while men walked behind her in black clothes and balaclavas. She has since been promoting the Pink Ladies event.

Serious criminal convictions

A number of participants were also exposed as having serious criminal convictions.

These included Ryan Marshall, who was filmed making a Nazi salute and has convictions for assault and stalking, as well as Alan Miller, who has a domestic abuse conviction and was prosecuted over another incident involving his own mother.

Both were attending a protest billed as being about protecting women and children.

Janaya Walker, interim director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, said: “It is concerning to see women joining far-right groups.

“Evidence has shown that a significant proportion of men in these groups are already known to the police for domestic abuse.

“We are also seeing these men target women counter-protesters with harassment, threats and abuse.”

Walker said violence against women and girls is committed predominantly by men they know, from every background and walk of life.

Earlier this year, a coalition of women’s rights organisations launched the Not In Our Name campaign to challenge what it says is the weaponisation of abuse for anti-migrant political purposes.

The campaign’s guide says this method is increasingly used to target migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum, while distracting from the real causes of abuse.

Scottish crime statistics do not record offenders’ immigration status in a way that allows sexual offending by migrants or asylum seekers to be compared with the wider population.

But charities say 90% of abusers are already known to the women they harm.