thank you, John --- what you say is very convincing --- The fact that the charge of anti-semitism is a smokescreen to make criticism of Israel VERBOTIN should not as you say blind us to the fact that there IS serious anti-semitism in the population --- and also (here is the very sad part) that the horrible behavior of the Israeli government gives the nationalists fighting back "permission" to become anti-semites --
LOOK -- there were African Americans who adopted the racism of the Nation of Islam there were feminist separatists who believed that men were inherently sexist and that a society without men (remember Valerie Solanis and her "SCUM" manifesto??) ---- so the fact that some anti-ISRAEL nationalism becomes anti-semitism should not surprise us -- JUST as we have to battle black anti-white bigotry (which Malcolm X freed himself from before he was killed), etc. etc. we have to agree that anti-semitism is alive and well and dangerous --- even as we very strongly argue that opposing Israeli apartheid and genocide is NOT anti-semitism. A tough challenge to be sure On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM John Reimann via groups.io <1999wildcat= [email protected]> wrote: > First of all, regarding the motivation for the attack on Iran: I agree > that desire to distract from the Epstein files is part of it as is Trump's > megalomania. But when the Wall St. Journal editorial board continually > warns Trump not to stop the war too soon, then something else is afoot. I > think that the main drive behind the war is drive for complete dominance of > SWANA. > > As for Israel's influence on US policy: We know that the infantile mind of > Trump makes him easily manipulated. He has two close allies - Putin and > Netanyahu, and he's probably closer to the latter. So, yes, I think > Netanyahu has manipulated him to a degree. But the claim that Israel > controls US foreign policy is in fact anti-Semitic. It's more of the idea > that there is a hidden cabal that is manipulating everybody, and that cabal > is "the Jews". US capitalism supports Israel because that is the only ally > in that important region upon which they can really rely. Biden made that > clear in his speech back in 1986. > > Kent is firmly entrenched in the fascist-inclined populist wing of the > MAGA movement. That is the wing of such figures as Tucker Carlson (on whose > show Kent appeared the day after he resigned), Nick Fuentes and groups like > Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys. I think he sensed which way the winds > are blowing - towards sending troops into Iran - and wanted out before > there was an even greater rebellion from that wing of MAGA. > > Finally, I think many on the left tend to ignore the threat of genuine > anti-semitism. They have heard the charge thrown around so much, applied to > any opponent of Zionism, that they tend to dismiss the issue. I also think > that many of us simply have not lived in that section of the population for > whom anti-Semitic beliefs are as natural as breathing in and out. It's so > natural that in most cases it goes unsaid. But it is now starting to be > mobilized, used politically. The danger is that many on the left will be > willing to make common cause with the Nazi-inclined anti Semitic forces who > direct all their ire against Israel. We see it in the acceptance of the > claim by many on the left that Epstein was a Mossad agent. There were top > Israeli leaders in Epstein's web? So what? So was (former) Prince Andrew, > other European royalty, Saudi arms dealer Adnan Kashoggi, some Putin > officials, Bill Gates and Bill Clinton. In fact, it would probably be > easier to name the top capitalists and capitalist leaders who were NOT in > the Epstein web than naming those who were. If his name had been O'Leary or > Gutierrez that claim that he was a Mossad agent never would have been made. > > For more on anti-Semitism, read: anti-Semitism is a growing danger, but > not in the way you think > <https://oaklandsocialist.com/2025/08/10/anti-semitism-is-a-growing-danger-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/> > _._,_._,_ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41177): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41177 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118365776/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
