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Anti-Semitism and the Left (Hardcover)
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Anti-Semitism and the Left (Hardcover)
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'Under Corbyn, the true Left of radical campaigning and genuine
anti-racism has been bastardised into a hate cult distinguished by
repellent self-righteousness. Corbyn's cronies, more than willing
to act with venality when it suits them, have told themselves that
if you say you are on the side of the poor and the downtrodden,
anything goes. Anyone who disagrees is obviously on the side of the
imperialist, the fat cat bankers and hedge fund managers, the
exploiters driven by greed alone to make their billions.' Charges
that anti-Semitism was widespread in the Labour Party did much to
undermine Jeremy Corbyn's chances of entering No. 10 Downing Street
in the 2019 general election. This book, by a veteran political
correspondent, examines whether such charges were justified and to
what extent they were facilitated by a lack of leadership. It also
traces the roots of anti-Semitism on the Left which can make
uncomfortable reading for adherents of such socialist icons as Karl
Marx, Keir Hardie, Ernest Bevin, John Burns and George Bernard
Shaw. The strand of anti-Semitism that has existed on the Left
since the birth of socialism as an effective movement is hard to
fathom - especially as Jews played an integral part in the creation
of both the British trade union movement and the Labour Party. No
one with a single brain cell can doubt the persecution and death
camps of the twentieth century. In addition, Zionism - opposition
to which is now used as a dodgy excuse for anti-Semitism - was for
decades embraced by the Left as a template for a socialist
paradise. Ian Hernon writes: 'The most virulent anti-Semitism has
over the last century or so come from the Far Right, the British
Establishment, the aristocracy and home-grown bigots of all
classes. But that does not excuse the Left for its, in some
instances, overlapping racism due to populist pursuit of power,
bigotry, ignorance or a twisted understanding of history and
socialist ideals.'
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