21.06.2018
Sacked by a Labour council
Politically driven, unjust and dangerous victimisation. Stan Keable must be reinstated
Stan Keable’s victimisation by Hammersmith and Fulham’s Labour council is a matter of grave concern for all democrats and defenders of free speech.
Comrade Keable is the secretary of Labour Against the Witchhunt, a leading supporter of Labour Party Marxists and was a housing enforcer for the west London council for 17 unblemished years. He attended a counter-demonstration organised by Jewish Voice for Labour to challenge the March 26 ‘Enough is enough’ anti-Corbyn provocation staged in Parliament Square by a coalition of Zionist organisations and a bevy of rightwing parliamentarians (including the Democratic Unionist Party, Norman Tebbit, John Mann and Luciana Berger). The comrade mingled with the anti-Corbyn crowd, distributing leaflets and engaging individuals in conversation.
He was secretly filmed by BBC Newsnight editor David Grossman. In this video clip, comrade Keable can be seen alluding to the well-documented collaboration between the early Nazi regime and the Zionist movement. The clip was circulated on social media, and local Tory MP Greg Hands immediately demanded action. The next day comrade Keable was suspended for the nebulous crime of having “brought the council into disrepute” and then, on April 21, fired. His appeal hearing is on June 26, and if, as is expected, the presiding bureaucrat upholds the council decision, we should expect a Zionist campaign for other employers to follow suit.
Anti-Zionism is not only being made into an offence in the Labour Party: it is being made a sackable offence in the workplace.
To make matters worse, he has been let down by Unison, which advised him to apologise instead of fighting the charges. When he rejected that advice, the union informed him that it would not represent him.
Comrade Keable is campaigning for reinstatement and intends to use whatever legal channels that exist. He needs £20,000 to cover potential legal and campaigning costs. Please contribute here: