I recently quoted Fred Engels as referring to anti-semitism as the socialism of
fools.
Pen-l alumnus Jurriaan Bendien writes me that: From memory the socialism of fools
remark was by August Bebel, circa 1873.
I looked for the quote on the web. The following is part of what I found.
James
were Jews. Responding to the demotic attacks on
'Jewish capitalism', Bebel denounced this as 'the socialism of fools'.
http://www.vanguardonline.f9.co.uk/0704.htm
COMMENT: How typical of Heartfield to deploy August Bebel on behalf of
GM food. To connect anti-Semitism with attacks on Frankenfood
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I recently quoted Fred Engels as referring to anti-semitism as the
socialism of fools.
Pen-l alumnus Jurriaan Bendien writes me that: From memory the
socialism of fools remark was by August Bebel, circa 1873.
I guess I sit corrected, though I couldn't find
the german...
phrase is from 10/27/1893 party congress speech that bebel made (think
it appears in german as 'anti-semitism and social democracy'), what
bebel termed 'socialism of fools' was specific reference to
*anti-semitic populism*, bebel's speech is essentially about SPD having
to make
