Why ‘Antisemitism’?
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Jamie Stern-Weiner answers a question many have asked over recent years. Why is antisemitism so potent a political weapon when accusations of Islamophobia or being anti-Hindu fail to resonate.
In contrast to other ethnic communities, he argues, “The British Jewish establishment is formidably organised, amply resourced, and integrated into broader elite networks… able to tap into a sufficiently deep reservoir of public awareness and sentiment, to influence not just its own constituency but the national conversation.”
This article was originally published by jamiesternweiner blog on Wed 20 Nov 2019. Read the original here.
Why ‘Antisemitism’?
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Jamie, I agree with almost everything you’ve said here, but I find the attempt to turn Hindus against Labour potentially very sinister. I don’t usually espouse conspiracy theories, *BUT* there are some people who benefit from the demonisation of Labour (as “anti-semitic” or just generally evil, dangerous etc) and who would be happy to see it identified as “the Muslim party”. Not just to turn Jews and Hindus off from voting Labour, but more worryingly as a covert signal to the white British majority. We’ve seen that Johnson has no qualms about using Islamophobia, nor about risking a resurgence of communalism in Ireland. In a potentially volatile situation, the right may well try to drive wedges between Muslims and the rest of the population, including “respectable” minorities (i.e. those with a higher median income / greater percentage of professionals). This could lead to some very ugly and dangerous outcomes. It behoves us all to remain vigilant — and to do all we can to get Labour elected with support from all ethnicities and religions.
“…the moral legacy of Jewish suffering, which uniquely resonates in British political culture”.
And why is this? Could it be guilt over the fact that we/Churchill knew the holocaust was happening and decided not to act? Israel has exploited this shamelessly ever since…
The so-called Campaign Against Antisemitism posted this vile black propaganda piece on their website a couple of days ago in relation to the debate between Corbyn and Johnson, and they manage to condence TWO falsehoods into the headline:
JEREMY CORBYN LAUGHED AT IN ITV DEBATE AS HE LIED ABOUT LABOUR’S HANDLING OF ITS ANTISEMITISM CRISIS
Needless to say, it is a lie – a falsehood – that Jeremy lied, and it is also a falsehood that the audience laughed (when Jeremy responded to the question about A/S), and anyone who watched the debate will be aware that THAT is the case. But then again, the CAA black propagandists probably realise that even of those who watched the debate – and I assume that most of the people who visit the CAA website are Jewish – they will believe the CAA that THAT is what happened. And the CAA propagandists realise, that even though they put a link to the debate (and at the end of the article mentioned where that particular part of the debate begins), the vast majority of people who DIDN’T watch it when it was aired, won’t bother to watch it.
This is probably as good an example as any of the fact that the CAA blatantly lie to their readers about Jeremy Corbyn (and in the quotes they give to the MSM) and, as such, please share far and wide with anyone you know that has been duped by the whole smear campaign during the course of the past four years or so. And ask THEM to share it and so on. And perhaps JVL could contact the CAA and ask them for an explanation, even though they won’t respond of course. But then THAT’S the point in doing so.
https://antisemitism.uk/jeremy-corbyn-laughed-at-in-itv-election-debate-as-he-lied-about-labours-handling-of-its-antisemitism-crisis/
What an excellent and enlightening though very worrying article. You show clearly how manipulation of politics is achieved.
The right wing Hindu (ie fascist) attack on Labour dates back to the Ed Milliband election due to Labour’s focus on equality and opposition to the caste system. There was one speaker (Indian ethnicity) at this year’s conference who basically supported India’s invasion of Kashmir, and the ‘Howdy Modi’ event in the US was attended by Trump & Modi. It is not a surprise that people that support social justice will vote Labour, whilst nationalists and xenophobes will not.