Keep Talking (group)
Keep Talking is a
Formation
The group was founded prior to 2010
Topics and speakers
The group holds monthly meetings in central London.[3] Speakers' topics have included 9/11 conspiracy theories, whether the London terror attacks have been false flag operations, assassinations and EU/ Brexit.[5] Speakers have included Gilad Atzmon, who told the group that the Balfour Declaration was meant to "conceal a century of Jewish political hegemony in Britain";[6][7] conspiracy theorist Vanessa Beeley, on the funding of the Syrian opposition;[8] Peter Gregson on freedom of speech on Israel and antisemitism[6] (Gregson was expelled from the GMB trade union for making comments about Israel deemed to be antisemitic.);[9] Miko Peled on Palestine; and Piers Corbyn, who rejects the consensus on climate change and considers vaccines dangerous and COVID-19 a "hoax", on "global cooling".[10][11][12][13][1][14]
Attendees
Several of those who have been regular attendees are far-right activists. Stead Steadman, an organizer of the far-right group
Responses
In 2018, a series of six events the group was planning at
In March 2019, Gregson's recommendation of an article by Fantom and defence of Kollerstrom on the grounds of free speech caused a rift within Labour Against the Witchhunt, leading to the banning of Gregson from its Facebook page by its vice-chair, Tony Greenstein.[27]
References
- ^ a b Rich, Dave; Mulhall, Joe. "Inside Keep Talking" (PDF). Hope not Hate and Community Security Trust. pp. 1–28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Report: London conspiracy group uniting far-left and far-right". Jewish News. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b c 2020 report, p. 7.
- ^ 2020 report, p. 24.
- ^ 2020 report, p. 16.
- ^ a b 2020 report, p. 25.
- ^ Edmunds, Donna Rachel (16 June 2020). "Lauded 'anti-racism activist' has ties to Holocaust denial group". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020.
- ^ 2020 report, pp. 17, 26; "Intrigue, Ep6: Mayday – The One With Sean Penn". BBC Radio 4. 9 November 2020.
- ^ Hannan, Martin (3 January 2019). "GMB to expel Labour activist Pete Gregson for anti-Semitism". The National.
- ^ "Is there trouble ahead for Jeremy Corbyn? Enter sibling Piers, the wacky weatherman..." The Independent. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ York, Chris (14 September 2020) [20 June 2020]. "Jeremy Corbyn's Brother, Piers, Charged With Breaching Coronavirus Regulations At 5G Protest". HuffPost. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Kennedy, Dominic; Ellis, Rosa (11 September 2020). "ANTIVAX Piers Corbyn blamed for split among coronavirus deniers". The Times. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ 2020 report, p. 20.
- ^ a b c d e Townsend, Mark (22 February 2020). "UK left activists attended events with far right antisemites". The Observer. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020.
- ^ 2020 report, p. 6 "Alison Chabloz has anti-Semitic songs conviction upheld". BBC News, 13 February 2019.
- ^ 2020 report, pp. 6–7.
- ^ 2020 report, p. 8 & 17.
- ^ 2020 report, p. 6.
- TheGuardian.com. 8 March 2018.
- ^ Sokol, Sam (5 April 2016). "Britain's Labour party expels activist over Holocaust denial". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ Cohen, Justin (4 April 2016). "Labour bans activist who promoted Holocaust revisionism". Jewish News. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Britain's Labour party expels activist over Holocaust denial". Jpost.com. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ Mendick, Robert (20 May 2018). "Jeremy Corbyn's 10-year association with group which denies the Holocaust". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Mulhall, Joe (5 March 2018). "Holocaust deniers event cancelled". HOPE not Hate. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Six events with a Holocaust denier pulled after pressure from anti-racism group". Jewish News. 11 November 2020.
- ^ Weich, Ben (7 October 2019). "Church apologises for hosting event staged by Keep Talking, a group founded by Holocaust denier". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
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