Tales from the Bitface

There’s a big march planned in London tomorrow, called Together Against the Far Right. It’s organised by the ‘Together Alliance’, which seems to be a big conglomeration of trades unions and other groups. All well and good.

The odd thing about it is, at a time when antisemitic attacks are at a high, there are no Jewish groups involved. Or nearly none. Indeed, this article from The Times (archive link) is headlined ‘Celebrities back anti far-right march “freezing out Jewish groups”’:

Jewish leaders said they believed they had been frozen out by the organisers despite the event’s far-right focus, while groups they perceive as being linked to “extremist rhetoric and outright antisemitism” were listed as supporters.

I don’t know what the organisers are playing at,¹ but I don’t see how you can stand against Nazis if you’re not standing with Jewish people.