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True, but there isn't much one can do when these kinds of propagandists are looking for "anti-Semitism," particularly when they've cast a wide net. For one, even where left groups have published people who have issued anti-Semitic commentary (like Atzmon and Shamir) the response and process of disowning is much stronger than, say, Islamophobic rhetoric which is also found regularly in "left" scholarship. In other cases the impression of anti-Semitism is all that is needed, such as in the hoaxes about Palestine student organizations at US campuses. Even where there is no ammunition, they will fabricate it. That is why these exaggerated/fabricated campaigns about left anti-Semitism should be understood not as a simple rhetorical issue but as one that deals fundamentally with anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism among leftists/social democrats in the US and Europe. Amith R. Gupta _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
