[lbo-talk] Chechnya, Darfur, and Jewish Activism

[Jim Devine]

a lesson:
it's important to be _very_ careful, avoiding even the appearance of
criticizing Judaism, Jewishness, or Jews (as such). It's also very
important to be conscious of this problems when criticizing Israel or
Israeli Jewish nationalism (i.e., Zionism).  This is because fools
will rush in to accuse you of "anti-Semitism" and because they will
receive a lot of attention from the pro-Israel lobby -- and because
that lobby is well-organized and does have a lot of influence (based
primarily in the importance of Israel to U.S. imperial goals and
strategies).

It's strange, I admit, that in U.S. society at large anti-Jewish
bigotry (a.k.a. anti-Semitism) is much more taboo than say anti-Black
bigotry, anti-Armenian bigotry, etc. But it's true, based on the power
of the pro-Israel lobby and the importance of anti-anti-Semitism in
shoring up support for U.S. foreign policy.

It's also true that if you side with Israel (for whatever reason,
including hoping that it will speed up the conversion of the Jews to
Christianity), you can get away with murder, as it were.

On 5/5/06, Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Chechnya, Darfur, and Jewish Activism"
> <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/furuhashi050506.html>.
>
> Hey, MP, you have my permission to send this to Marc Cooper or anyone
> else for that matter.  Spread the word!
>
> --
> Yoshie
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Jim Devine /  "Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment
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