Reposted by Satnam Virdee
Reposted by Satnam Virdee
“We are in a historical moment in which key parts of the Jewish community are shifting: a moment in which the possibility of a politics of horizontal solidarity can be glimpsed.”
Brilliant Left meditation on fighting antisemitism in Britain
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Brilliant Left meditation on fighting antisemitism in Britain
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Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover
The authors of Facing antisemitism argue for embracing the shifting ground of the Jewish community.
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"The politics of purity, of friend and enemy, with us or against us, does not serve the anti-racist movement but undermines it”
David Feldman (@dmf101.bsky.social), @bengidley.bsky.social and I reply to Eli Machover.
Grateful to @vashtimedia.bsky.social for hosting this discussion. (2/2)
David Feldman (@dmf101.bsky.social), @bengidley.bsky.social and I reply to Eli Machover.
Grateful to @vashtimedia.bsky.social for hosting this discussion. (2/2)
Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover
The authors of Facing antisemitism argue for embracing the shifting ground of the Jewish community.
vashtimedia.com
“We are in a historical moment in which key parts of the Jewish community are shifting: a moment in which the possibility of a politics of horizontal solidarity can be glimpsed..." (1/2)
Alongside our interview, Vashti has also published a critical assessment of our work by Eli Machover. Grateful to Vashti for hosting this debate. vashtimedia.com/response-to-...
‘The choice is one between anti-racism and Zionism as such’
A response to the authors of Facing antisemitism.
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Some reflections on the politics of 'anti-antisemitism' in Britain. An interview with David Feldman, Ben Gidley and me for @vashtimedia.bsky.social. vashtimedia.com/state-of-ant...
The state of anti-antisemitism
An interview with the authors of a new Runnymede Trust report.
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The state of anti-antisemitism
An interview with @dmf101.bsky.social, @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social and me in @vashtimedia.bsky.social about our recent report on antisemitism for @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
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An interview with @dmf101.bsky.social, @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social and me in @vashtimedia.bsky.social about our recent report on antisemitism for @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
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The state of anti-antisemitism
An interview with the authors of a new Runnymede Trust report.
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by Leo Lucassen — Reposted by Satnam Virdee
Important new report on antisemtism in the UK and how to counter it.
'Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity'
By David Feldman, Ben Gidley, Brendan McGeever
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'Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity'
By David Feldman, Ben Gidley, Brendan McGeever
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@bengidley.bsky.social
Thanks to @runnymedetrust.bsky.social for commissioning this report. You can read it in full here: ow.ly/LEp550UFjVP. 8/8
Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity
Antisemitism is hardwired into UK society, but current methods of tackling it are not working
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In short: we need a 360-degree anti-racism, one that confronts antisemitism alongside other forms of racism. And this will mean addressing the question of Palestine and the status and treatment of the Palestinians. 7/8
Our report calls for a new approach to combating antisemitism: one based not on a hierarchy of racisms but on building alliances between Jewish people and other racialised minorities. 6/8
Current approaches to antisemitism at times also serve to racialise other minorities, especially Muslims. We see this in the way Jews are presented as a 'model minority' and antisemitism is cast as a specifically 'Muslim problem', not one embedded in society as a whole. 5/8
These divisions are made worse by the conflation of anti-Zionism and criticism of Israel with antisemitism. 4/8
When the state and political parties put significant resources into combating antisemitic ideas but fail to act with similar force against Islamophobia or structural racism it confirms the perception of a hierarchy of racism. 3/8
Antisemitism is deeply embedded into UK society. Policies to tackle it too often focus on the pathology of individual antisemites and not on the more widely diffused and persistent reservoir of antisemitism that exists in our political culture. 2/8
Our new report on antisemitism has just been published. Co-written with David Feldman (@dmf101.bsky.social) and Ben Gidley (@bengidley.bsky.social), we argue current responses to tackling antisemitism are not working and are detrimental to anti-racist politics. ow.ly/LEp550UFjVP. 1/8
Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity
Antisemitism is hardwired into UK society, but current methods of tackling it are not working
ow.ly
First post here. The violence in Amsterdam has been widely described as a ‘pogrom’. This is misleading and politically dangerous. It also does a disservice to Jewish history. My piece for @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/was-the-vi...
Was The Violence in Amsterdam an Anti-Jewish Pogrom?
Dr Brendan McGeever from the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism says the careless use of the word 'pogrom' does a disservice to Jewish history.
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