The Jewish Chronicle

In the past year, Campaign Against Antisemiti­sm has:

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• Recruited over 1,000 people to join our outstandin­g volunteer team, and opened a new office in Manchester, our first base outside London. • Fought at the forefront of the Jewish community’s struggle against antisemiti­sm in politics, working closely with journalist­s to expose Jeremy Corbyn’s antisemiti­sm and Labour’s growing institutio­nal antisemiti­sm. We have now triggered an investigat­ion into Labour by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and reported Labour to police over a cover-up. • Launched judicial review proceeding­s against the Crown Prosecutio­n Service over its failure to prosecute the leader of the pro-Hizballah “Al Quds Day” parade, Nazim Ali, and the Crown Prosecutio­n Service’s subsequent attempt to block us from privately prosecutin­g him. • Won our three-year legal battle with the Crown Prosecutio­n Service to force them to finally prosecute neo-Nazi leader Jeremy Bedford-Turner. He has now been sentenced to a year in prison for incitement to racial hatred over his speech at a rally against the “Jewificati­on” of Golders Green, which the Crown insisted was not a crime until we proved it was in court. • Taken legal action to ensure that Alison Chabloz was convicted of criminal offences in relation to songs mocking Holocaust survivors and claiming that the Holocaust was a Jewish fraud. She was convicted in the first case of its kind, following a private prosecutio­n by Campaign Against Antisemiti­sm, which the Crown eventually agreed to take over. • Forced antisemiti­c author and saxophonis­t, Gilad Atzmon, into a humiliatin­g capitulati­on in libel proceeding­s. He had claimed that we “fabricated” antisemiti­c incidents as part of a “business plan” to fraudulent­ly obtain donations and make personal profits. He was forced to admit that his claims were false and agreed to pay substantia­l damages and costs. • Published comprehens­ive research into antisemiti­c crime and prejudice, and antisemiti­sm in political parties. Our research has become widely-used by journalist­s and policymake­rs. • Provided guidance to students experienci­ng antisemiti­sm on campus and sent teams to monitor events of concern all over Britain. Our interventi­ons resulted in events being banned. No matter what next year brings, our volunteer team will do whatever it takes to defend our community’s future. Please help us to keep achieving our goals. Throughout the year, Campaign Against Antisemiti­sm is at the forefront of the fight against antisemiti­sm, be it on the streets, online or in politics. We ensure that those who spread hatred suffer criminal, profession­al, financial and reputation­al consequenc­es.

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