Wednesday 28 June 2023

Jeremy Corbyn Film Banned

 
A new documentary has been produced about the rise and fall of Jeremy Corbyn. In 2015 this obscure backbench MP from the Labour left stunned everybody when he became leader of the party and Opposition. This was totally unexpected after Labour's swift and radical lurch to the centre following a run of election defeats in the 1980's. This change eventually led to the election of Tony Blair as prime minister. Corbyn's victory was part of a more general trend in politics, "populism"; something that also led to Donald Trump becoming US President and Brexit. Unfortunately the establishment immediately took action to ruin Corbyn, just like they did Trump; and, like his American counterpart, Corbyn had to battle against attempts to undermine him for his entire term in office. I cover this process in full detail in the background links below. The new documentary is called Oh, Jeremy Corbyn... The Big Lie and is distributed by Platform Films which specialize in leftist history, see: https://www.platformfilms.co.uk. It was due to be screened at the Glastonbury festival this year, but the organizers cancelled it. They said "It has become clear that it is not appropriate for us to screen it at the festival. Glastonbury is about unity and not division; and we stand against all forms of discrimination." How it "became clear" to them was that some jumped up individual claiming to "represent the Jewish community!" wrote to them claiming that the film promoted conspiracy theories involving Jewish groups orchestrating the downfall of Jeremy Corbyn and compared it to 9/11 truth videos and those critical of vaccination and chemtrails. This would be "profoundly sinister!", apparently. The Glastonbury organizers said they wanted to show the film in good faith and provoke political debate; but not that badly obviously. Source: https://news.sky.com/story/glastonbury-cancels-screening-of-jeremy-corbyn-conspiracy-theory-film-12905779.
 
I've never quite understood what is meant by the term "Jewish community". I've heard it uttered many times, especially when David Icke was having his events cancelled, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2019/02/is-david-icke-evil.html. Whatever it is, people seem to have a great deal of difficulty saying "no" to it. It seems to believe that the whole of human society exists for the sole purpose of unquestioningly pandering to its every whim. Who is a member of this Jewish community? How about Alexei Sayle, the Liverpudlian comic who narrates the film. He is a Jew; so is he in the Jewish community? If not, why not? How about Moshe Machover the mathematician, who is also in the film. He is a Jew and Israeli, so is he in or out? Things have changed so much in recent years and have changed so quickly that it shocks me. It was not so long ago that people could question and oppose freely. This came up on HPANWO TV the other day actually. When the Iraq and Afghanistan wars happened about twenty years ago there was vocal mainstream dissent against them. Compare that with the invasion of Ukraine. There is now only one acceptable opinion on that war and anybody who disagrees with it is labelled as part of an immoral fringe minority, see: http://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2022/02/ukraine-war-portal.html. We really do live in the age of universal censorship. I've never voted for Jeremy Corbyn and never would. I don't agree with most of his views, but he is still a wildcard in a rigged game. He is one of the few career politicians who actually believes in some ideal, no matter how misguided, instead of just seeking the highest salary and poshest company car. His successor, Keir Starmer, is the antithesis, a cardboard cut-out Deep State gopher. I do hope the distributors find some venue with more guts than Glastonbury. It just does to prove that the festival has become nothing more than a corporate plaything, very different to its eccentric and libertarian beginnings in the '60's. I look forward to seeing Oh, Jeremy Corbyn... The Big Lie sometimes soon and if the Jewish community don't like it... well, they don't have to watch it then do they?
See here for background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2016/05/is-ken-livingstone-nazi.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2018/05/coup-against-corbyn.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2019/02/gang-of-seven.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2020/10/jeremy-corbyn-suspended.html.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"I've never quite understood what is meant by the term "Jewish community". I've heard it uttered many times"

This might help.

"Jewish families cannot live in isolation. To live a full Jewish life requires engagement with other Jews, a Jewish community. The community provides services and experiences that the home cannot, and in addition, fellowship and participation in community have inherent spiritual value in Judaism".

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-home-community/

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

Thanks, Anon. That's interesting information; makes me think of "Fiddler on the Roof". But in the context of this issue it's not very revealing. For instance, it applies as much to Sayle and Machover as it does to the person who complained.