The Left Must Confront Anti-Semitism Head-on

Charlie Herbert chasherb at yahoo.com
Thu May 9 07:22:16 PDT 2002


Re: Sharon's Best Weapon: The Left Must Confront Anti-Semitism Head-on

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>...Now, I don't know about Naomi Klein, but in my
>opinion one should confront anti-Jewish conspiracy
>theory not particularly to reinforce one's
anti-anti->Semitic credentials (i.e., to look good in the eyes >of others), but to make it possible for more in Arab->American and Muslim communities (also in black >nationalist crowds, but that's for another post
>perhaps) here to grasp the truth of capitalism and
>imperialism -- the truth obscured by conspiracy
>theory. The presence of anti-Jewish conspiracy theory
>is an index of political blind spots, which lead
>communities afflicted by them to political dead ends.

All interested and in or near DC this weekend can help confront anti-semitism and enlighten some of the politically blinded by counterprotesting the white supremacacist group National Alliance as it rallies around the Israeli Embassy on Saturday. There should be a good contingent of anti-capitalists of various ideologies and other peaceniks who are also working close with the pro-palestinian movement.

see http://dc.indymedia.org calandar and http://www.onepeoplesproject.com/M11.htm for more info.

charlie

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