Britain is losing its soul and losing the plot. The authorities have been appeasing extremists and bigots, letting them radicalise our children and run rampant on our streets and campuses, while arresting those who stand up against them.
Recent scenes from Glastonbury, broadcast into the homes of millions by our taxpayer-funded BBC, were a turning point.
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This must be the moment that the country wakes up. People need to see that they are not alone in feeling this way, and the authorities need to see it too.
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The meaning of Glastonbury
“The reason that I am alive today is that, for my ancestors, there was a moment that they realised that their country was falling apart and becoming unsafe for Jews. For me, that moment came as I saw the footage from Glastonbury.”
So wrote Gideon Falter, our Chief Executive, in The Telegraph last week.
“Tens of thousands of young humanitarians at the country’s premier music festival were chanting for ‘death’, in scenes reminiscent of mass rallies in Tehran or Sanaa, beamed into the homes of millions by the national broadcaster.
“This country has lost its soul and lost the plot, and there is not a lot of time left to do something about it. Britain is becoming a haven for hatred. This must be the moment that the country wakes up. That means each of us. Demand action. Use your voice. Please, before there is nothing left to save.”
You can read the full essay here, and you can sign up to march with us and use your voice here.
Campaign Against Antisemitism threatens Glastonbury’s licence
We have written to Glastonbury demanding answers over last weekend’s events and noting that the Festival organisers may have breached the conditions of their licence by platforming certain acts despite warnings not to do so.
The letter has also been shared with Somerset Council, the licensing authority.
We have given Glastonbury fourteen days to respond, and, subject to their answers and engagement, we will consider further legal steps.
Glastonbury this year allowed itself to become even more of a hate-fest than ever before.
That ends now. Or Glastonbury Festival does.
Before the IDF, it was the police
Bob Vylan popularised the phrase “Death to the IDF” on a stage at Glastonbury. It was not the first time that the duo had used this sort of language, but this was the biggest stage yet.
Since then, the phrase has been used in graffiti in London and Germany, chanted in Brighton and elsewhere, shouted by a mob in Melbourne before attacking a Jewish-owned restaurant and torching a synagogue, vandalising a computer laboratory at MIT in the United States, and more.
But before the IDF, there was the police.
This week, Campaign Against Antisemitism uncovered footage of Bob Vylan at a performance at Rebellion Festival in Blackpool in August 2023, telling the audience: “How do you lot feel about the police? The only good pig is a dead pig.”
Before they were calling for “Death to the IDF,” Bob Vylan were insulting police officers and extolling “dead pigs”. Lancashire Police said that the force cannot take action because of the time that has elapsed; however, we have also alerted Avon and Somerset Police to the footage, as they are investigating the Glastonbury performance and may find it of interest.
Calling for the death of people you dislike isn’t art: it’s cheap and dangerous. It should carry consequences.
Bob Dylan or Bob Vylan?
One is a Nobel Prize-winning poet and singer. The other led chants of “Death to the IDF” at Glastonbury.
Can the public tell the difference — and which Bob do they stand with?
Elie went to find out.
Attention turns to the BBC
Glastonbury and Bob Vylan are not the only participants in this scandal to be feeling the heat.
BBC Director-General Tim Davie was at Glastonbury at the time of the chanting and, according to reports, may have made the decision not to pull the live feed. The BBC has since accepted that this was the wrong decision. Clearly, his position is untenable.
The BBC was aware in advance of the risks of certain acts at the Festival and made no contingency plans for the broadcast.
The result was calls for death and destruction and genocidal chanting on our screens. Now the BBC will go to British Jews and demand of them, as it demands of everyone, to pay the licence fee to fund this sort of programming, which puts them in danger.
This is not a sustainable state of affairs. It is clearly time for heads to roll. The Director of Music has taken a step back and other staffers involved in the live stream have been asked to do so as well, but this must be only a first step.
Our lawyers have put together a detailed complaint to the Corporation, and we expect stronger action to be taken.
If you have not yet signed our petition calling for a suspension of the licence fee pending an independent investigation of the BBC, you can do so here.
Gideon Falter, Chief Executive of Campaign Against Antisemitism, penned a short op-ed for The Express on the institutional problems at the BBC and what needs to happen at our national broadcaster.
Campaign Against Antisemitism leading media coverage
Campaign Against Antisemitism is proud to have led the media coverage of the Glastonbury scandal, contributing to the front page of The Mail on Sunday immediately following the incident, the front page of The Times the following day, and the front page of The Telegraph later in the week, focusing on the BBC.
In addition, our spokespeople appeared on Channel 4 News and Good Morning Britain and were interviewed on LBC and elsewhere.
We were quoted across the national newspapers throughout the week, in addition to opinion editorials in The Telegraph and The Express and on the LBC website.
Beyond our own spokespeople, others cite our positions as well, including former Attorney General Sir Michael Ellis on GB News.
The staff and volunteers of our Communications Unit are at the forefront of exposing, raising awareness and analysing incidents of concern to the Jewish community in traditional media and across social media.
As Palestine Action is proscribed, Campaign Against Antisemitism plans private prosecution of Roger Waters if police won’t act
Palestine Action has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation.
This is a significant policy success for the Jewish community, which has borne the brunt of the terror group’s intimidatory activism and sabotage. Campaign Against Antisemitism had provided the Home Secretary with a dossier making the case for proscription. The organisation’s subsequent attack on RAF aircraft was the final straw.
As Security Minister Dan Jarvis put it to the House of Commons: “By implementing this measure, we will remove Palestine Action’s veil of legitimacy, tackle its financial support, and degrade its efforts to recruit and radicalise people into committing terrorist activity in its name.
“We must be under no illusion, Palestine Action is not a legitimate protest group. People engaged in lawful protest don’t need weapons. People engaged in lawful protest do not throw smoke bombs and fire pyrotechnics around innocent members of the public and people engaged in lawful protest do not cause millions of pounds of damage to national security infrastructure.”
America provided another reminder this week of where ‘Free Palestine’ activism can lead, as it was revealed that Karen Diamond, 82, succumbed to injuries that she sustained in the Boulder, Colorado flamethrower attack of a few weeks ago.
Since the proscription of Palestine Action on Saturday night, police reportedly arrested some 29 people on suspicion of terror offences at a rally outside Parliament in support of the organisation.
This enforcement is critical, especially in view of reports that the organisation is utilising clandestine methods of recruiting others to “join the front line against Zionism”.
Musician and disgraced activist Roger Waters also posted a video in which he declared: “I support Palestine Action, and I always will.” We are preparing a criminal prosecution, should the authorities not prosecute him.
For anyone in need of a refresher Mr Waters’ past, you can watch our documentary, The Dark Side of Roger Waters, here.
David Miller and Reginald D. Hunter both appear in court in separate private prosecutions
Speaking of private prosecutions, Dr David Miller appeared on Wednesday at Westminster Magistrates’ Court as the defendant to a private prosecution brought against him by Campaign Against Antisemitism.
The case relates to posts on X, which Dr Miller allegedly published in recent months. Three charges have been brought by Campaign Against Antisemitism alleging that Dr Miller used a public communications network to send messages of a menacing character, contrary to section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.
He indicated a not guilty plea and the court adjourned the case to a further hearing on 17th October at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. A four-day trial is provisionally scheduled for December at City of London Magistrates’ Court.
Dr Miller was previously an academic at the University of Bristol and is currently a presenter on the Iranian channel Press TV.
Today, comedian Reginald D. Hunter appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, marking his first appearance in a private prosecution brought by Campaign Against Antisemitism.
Mr Hunter is charged with three offences under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, relating to posts on X that he allegedly published in September 2024.
The first hearing took place on 30th May at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, but Mr Hunter failed to appear. A warrant was subsequently issued for him to attend court on a future date, and that hearing took place today.
The case is adjourned until the next hearing in November.
This is one of a number of private prosecutions that we are bringing, and there will be more to say on the case in due course.
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On this day in 2005, four Islamist terrorists targeted London’s public transport system during the morning rush hour, detonating bombs on three London Underground trains and a bus. 52 people were murdered and over 770 were injured.
This brutal attack was a direct assault on ordinary people going about their daily lives. It is a reminder of the threat that Islamist extremism poses.
We honour the memory of those lost by standing firm against hateful extremism wherever it appears in our country. That is why we expose. That is why we prosecute. That is why we march – and why we hope that you will join us.