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My time in Young Labour is at an end and I’m very glad to pass the baton onto a new generation.
But I think it’s worth saying this ahead of more YL elections: we all play a role in creating a welcoming and non-toxic environment. We can and must be comradely. /1
But I think it’s worth saying this ahead of more YL elections: we all play a role in creating a welcoming and non-toxic environment. We can and must be comradely. /1
It’s important to call unacceptable things out and to criticise where necessary.
It also means remembering how you’d feel in someone else’s shoes. It’s about treating one another with kindness and understanding, even if you’re in a different faction or no faction at all. /2
It also means remembering how you’d feel in someone else’s shoes. It’s about treating one another with kindness and understanding, even if you’re in a different faction or no faction at all. /2
Activists who have positions in Young Labour or have been active for a long while have a responsibility to set a comradely example.
I still feeling incredibly angry about the ways that candidates were treated online in the last set of YL elections. It was unspeakable. /3
I still feeling incredibly angry about the ways that candidates were treated online in the last set of YL elections. It was unspeakable. /3
And to soon-to-be candidates: in my experience running a kind and comradely campaign is always more effective than a negative one.
A toxic culture and uncomradely conduct creates a situation where many activists don’t want to get involved in Young Labour. /4
A toxic culture and uncomradely conduct creates a situation where many activists don’t want to get involved in Young Labour. /4
It should break all of our hearts that talented & diverse activists don’t want to stand for positions in Young Labour for fear of online abuse.
There are lots of solutions, including an independent complaints procedure. We also all play a role in building a comradely culture. /5
There are lots of solutions, including an independent complaints procedure. We also all play a role in building a comradely culture. /5
