Chthonic

Yes, he must be the 'unluckiest' politician of all time in this regard. Present but not involved.

Agreed, inkmaiden. Though of course anti-semitism from the right is business as usual; now we're seeing it- and especially from the 'new world order' conspiracy angle, from the left too. And I think it's that that people are being squeamish about addressing.

Thanks, rendelharris; my feelings exactly, just better expressed than I could. This is why I kind of shudder every time I see this mural.

And how do you do that? Personally I don't think ignoring it when you find it on your own doorstep is a good start.

...still, I'm not saying it should go; just that it makes me squirm every time I see it (every day), knowing its associations. And that's some kudos to give an artist - such a huge, prominent mural. Just wanted people to be aware of its provenance.

I agree, and of course it IS a very thorny problem; in this case I think it's made far simpler, as the artist's views are expressed IN the work. He's a politically-motivated artist whose beliefs are expressed IN his murals. From a Reddit thread: The Artist ("Mear One") If that wasn't enough, "Mear One" (the artist) described the local controversy thus: "Some of the older white Jewish folk in the local community had an issue with me portraying their beloved #Rothschild or #Warburg etc as the demons they are." - thus specifically linking his mural to the conspiracy theory that the Rothschilds are part of a shadowy "New World Order" or "Illuminati". Mear One also claims that the characters are "Jews and white anglos" and complains that "for some reason they are saying I am anti-semitic".

I'm sorry I brought the Labour party into it, Sue

Yes...same signature too. My posts so far have been on this topic as this is a thread about that topic. And I'd say it's more than a supposition; do I need to provide my own evidence? Several party members have left recently over the issue, which of course they've been investigated for. I just thought the existence of a very prominent mural by a racist artist - who is also a very politically-motivated one, I'd say - doesn't seem a good thing, to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mear_One I'm not partisan, and do not want to enter a discussion on the Labour (or any other) party.

Yep, well East Dulwich is Labour after all, so I suppose they don't really care about this particular type of racism.

I know this is an old thread, but does it not bother anyone that this mural was done by the antisemitic Mear One? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/28/antisemitism-open-your-eyes-jeremy-corbyn-labour The man responsible for the Hanbury Street mural that was eventually painted over. It does me, every time I go past it.