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Hmmm... "Jew-hatred is indeed a deadly threat, and history teaches that it flourishes in a time of systemic capitalist crisis, as now, when demagogues of both left and right try to deflect the anger of workers and the dispossessed against Jewish capitalists rather than against the capitalist class as a whole. *Anti-Semitism is also fostered by **bourgeois nationalists in the Middle East*, who resent the imperialists’ indulgence of Israel and *wish to be** treated equally*. It is far from the case, therefore, that the fascist right wing has a monopoly over anti-Semitism." This part is questionable, it sounds like validating the witch-hunt. Of course the author then goes further to argue that Corbyn should have gone on the offensive, which is true, but suggesting that there really *was *a "left anti-Semitism" or an "anti-imperialist anti-Semitism" sounds like non-materialist analysis to say the least. The demands of national struggles in the Middle East and their opposition to Israel is not "anti-Semitism". The author seems to distinguish between "bourgeois nationalists" and others struggling against Israel, but this distinction really has nothing to do with "anti-Semitism". Nor is there any evidence of any connection between this and European anti-Semitism. It's honestly a very lazy thing to say. He's conflating Zionism and its discontents (bourgeois or otherwise) with traditional European anti-Semitism. Amith R. Gupta On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 6:15 PM Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > On 1/19/20 6:00 PM, Philip Ferguson via Marxism wrote: > > > > by*John Smith* > > > > Britain’s exit from the imperialist bloc known as the European Union (EU) > > is now irreversible. The crushing electoral defeat of the Labour Party > has > > dismayed many workers and youth who had placed their hopes in Jeremy > > Corbyn, its left-wing leader. This article assesses these historic > events, > > neither of which can be understood in isolation from the other. . . > > > > full at: > > > https://rdln.wordpress.com/2020/01/20/britain-exits-the-european-union-and-takes-a-sharp-right-turn/ > > This is the best analysis I've read. > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/amithrgupta%40gmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
