Left-Wing Antisemitism Information on the role of radical leftists in promoting hatred of Jews and denial of the Holocaust. History Tyler Cowen, The Socialist Roots of Modern Anti-Semitism           Left-wing movements have often vilified Jews as capitalist exploiters. Max Geltman, On Socialist Anti-Semitism [PDF, 1.7 MB]           Many of the founders of socialism peddled hatred of Jews. David Cesarani, The Left and the Jews/The Jews and the Left [PDF]           Detailed study of left-wing antisemitism. Ideologies W. H. Chaloner and W. O. Henderson, Marx/Engels and Racism [PDF, 1.7 MB]           The origins of Marxist antisemitism. Werner Cohn, From Victim to Shylock and Oppressor: The New Image of the Jew in the Trotskyist Movement           How the Trotskyist movement became antisemitic. Mark Strauss, Antiglobalism’s Jewish Problem Dave Rich, The Barriers Come Down: Antisemitism and Coalitions of Extremes           The ideological convergence of far-left anti-capitalists and far-right antisemites. Ben Cohen, The Ideological Foundations of the Boycott Campaign Against Israel [PDF]           Why left-wing anti-Zionists are in the vanguard of antisemitic boycott campaigns. Arieh Stav, Notes on the Dialectics of Israeli Antisemitism Paul Bogdanor, Jews Who Hate the Jewish State / Juden, die den jüdischen Staat hassen Steven Plaut, The Scourge of Jewish Anti-Semites [PDF]           How anti-Zionist Jews promote antisemitism, often quite deliberately. Countries - Soviet Union/Russia A. Mark Clarfield, The Soviet “Doctors’ Plot”: 50 Years On Moshe Decter, “Judaism Without Embellishment”: Recent Documentation of Russian Anti-Semitism [PDF]           Soviet antisemitic campaigns during the Cold War. Russian Communist Leader Denounces “Zionist Capital” Top Communist Party Official Accuses Jews of Genocide           Russia’s communists are still fomenting hatred of Jews in the post-Soviet era. - Britain Ben Cohen, The Persistence of Anti-Semitism on the British Left Mark Gardner, “The Zionists Are Our Misfortune”: On the (Not So) New Antisemitism           Excellent analyses of left-wing incitement against Jews in Britain. Alan Elsner, Race, Tolerance and the NUS [PDF] Jewish Students Charge Left Groups With Anti-Semitism Jewish Students Gagged at Leeds           Campus leftists, who once banned Jewish student groups, now silence protests against their own bigotry. Leo McKinstry, Shame on the Left and its Vicious Hatred of Israel           Leftist intellectuals have played a crucial part in making antisemitism respectable in Britain. “Harry’s Place,” Socialist Worker: Jews Killed Jesus Michael Ezra, Anyone But Tom Hickey “Judeosphere,” A Caricature of Anti-Racism           The Socialist Workers Party defends antisemites supports the violent destruction of Israel. Eran Benedek, Britain’s Respect Party: The Leftist-Islamist Alliance and its Attitude Toward Israel           British far leftists tried and failed to unite with Islamic supremacists on the basis of shared hatred for           Americans and Jews. - Other Jillian Becker, The Red Army Faction: Another Final Battle on the Stage of History [PDF] Susanne Urban, Being Leftist and Anti-Semitic in Germany           Left-wing activists in Germany demand the destruction of Israel and blame Jews for global capitalism. Karl Pfeifer, “Israel Shamir” and the Austrian Left           Austrian socialists promote a Nazi fanatic. In Spain, Anti-Semitism is New Leftist Trend           Left-wing politicians in Spain vilify Jews. Chavez: Israel Worse Than Hitler Anti-Semitism in Venezuela: It is Planned           Venezuelan leftists threaten that Jews “will undergo another Holocaust.” Philip Mendes, New Manifestations of Anti-Zionist Fundamentalism on the Australian Left [PDF] An Unholy Alliance           Australian campus leftists are so blatantly antisemitic that their Muslim allies are embarrassed by them. IsraCampus / AlefWatch           Documenting the antisemitism of totalitarian leftists in Israel. Issues “Judeosphere,” “Zionist Groups” Jeff Weintraub, Lunacy About Darfur (in Monthly Review) “Archontan,” The Left on Darfur: Genocide Denial and Antisemitism           Radical leftists deny the major contemporary genocide and blame the Jews for trying to stop it. Pacifica Lectures Decried As Anti-Semitic           Campus anti-Zionists promote neo-Nazism and Holocaust denial. Oliver Kamm, Atzmon Watch Atzmon, Mosley and Respect Keeping the Faith Respect and Antisemitism “Judeosphere,” Gilad Atzmon Makes For Glorious Commentary on the Nature of Contemporary Anti-Semitism David Hirsh, Openly Embracing Prejudice “Harry’s Place,” Atzmon Slams “Jewish Tribal Activists” “Harry’s Place,” Oren Ben Dor Roots For Gilad Atzmon           Radical leftists promote an ex-Israeli antisemite. Publications “Harry’s Place,” Counterpunch “Harry’s Place,” Counterpunch on Israel and 9/11 “Judeosphere,” Still Crazy After All These Years “Judeosphere,” Counterpunch Columnist is Writing Iranian Propaganda “Judeosphere,” The Anti-Zionist Left Versus Barack Obama           Alexander Cockburn’s far-left hate site promotes virulent antisemites and neo-Nazi apologists. Lanny J. Davis, Liberal McCarthyism Robert Goldberg, Do the Right Thing “Judeosphere,” Media Without Conscience           Documenting antisemitism on other American leftist sites. Kate Raynes-Goldie, Race Baiting           Antisemitic McCarthyism in a Canadian leftist magazine. Jeremy Jones, Alternative’s Reality           Antisemitic incitement on an Australian Indymedia site. “Harry’s Place,” “I’m Not a Racist, But...”           Nazi-style antisemitic imagery in the British left-wing media. “Judeosphere,” Ordfront’s Affront           Antisemitic conspiracy theories in a Swedish leftist magazine. Non-Jewish Antisemites Daniel Berrigan’s Speech to Arabs Stirs a Furor Over Award [PDF]           Report on the notorious diatribe by militant priest Daniel Berrigan. Jason Maoz, Coffin’s Mideast Conformity           The antisemitic rhetoric of radical icon William Sloane Coffin. Norman Podhoretz, Vidal’s Outburst: An Ominous New Stage in Anti-Semitism [PDF]           Deplores left-wing indifference to Gore Vidal’s infamous essay in The Nation. Brian Carnell, Cockburn on Jewish Control of the Media           Alexander Cockburn asserts that Jews control the media and blames Jews for 9/11 and the anthrax scare. William Grim, The Strange Case of Horst Mahler           How a founder of Germany’s Red Army Faction turned into a prominent Nazi. Mr. Nader’s Baiting           Ralph Nader warns that the Israeli “puppeteer” controls the White House and Congress. “Judeosphere,” Moonbats in Glass Houses           The antisemitic ravings of leftist fanatic John Kaminski - and of the leftists who pretend to repudiate him. Norway up in Arms After Author Asserts Israel Has Lost Right to Exist           Jostein Gaarder’s vicious outburst against “God’s chosen people.” David Hirsh, John Wight, Organizer of Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition, Pushes Antisemitism “Harry’s Place,” What is Going on in the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign?           British leftists cite neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers, blame “international Jewry” for the “hydra-headed           monster” of Zionism, equate Judaism with Nazism and justify the murder of Jewish teenagers. Geoffrey Alderman, An Old Enmity Keith Dovkants, Anti-Semitism – and a Timely Question For Ken Mayor Culpa [PDF]           The shameful record of London Mayor Ken Livingstone and his antisemitic Trotskyist allies. Jewish Antisemites - North America Rachel Neuwirth, Noam Chomsky and Anti-Semitism           The sordid record of the cult leader’s involvement with Jew-hatred. Norman G. Finkelstein, Interview: A Man Sees Red [Excerpts] Norman G. Finkelstein, Interview: “Jews Are Immune From Any Kind of Criticism” [Excerpts] Deborah Passner, Norman Finkelstein’s Fraudulent Scholarship Paul Bogdanor, The Scholarship of Norman Finkelstein Steven Plaut, DePaul University’s Moment of Truth Alan Dershowitz, Finkelstein’s Bigotry           Noam Chomsky’s disciple Norman G. Finkelstein dismisses the Holocaust as an extortion racket against           Germany, says that Jews run America, compares Israelis with Nazis, justifies al-Qaeda, champions           Hezbollah, speaks alongside Hamas supporters and gives interviews to Holocaust deniers. Jonathan Kay, Trent University’s Problem Professor           Philosopher Michael Neumann admits to encouraging vicious antisemitism and the destruction of Israel. Jeffrey Blankfort’s Hate Message           Sixties veteran Jeffrey Blankfort blames Zionism for the Holocaust and describes the existence of Israel as           a “cancer” that threatens the future of the planet. University of Michigan Distributes Anti-Zionist Book           According to former Green Party Senate candidate Joel Kovel, “the power-Jews have restored nothing so           much as Moloch, the child-devouring shadow-form of Yahweh.” David Hirsh, “I Get Accused of Antisemitism Because I Criticize Israel”           Jennifer Loewenstein vilifies the “the Neo-Jewish Masters and their allies in the United States” who ritually           sacrifice human beings as a “burnt offering.” - Europe/Australia Banned Mag Storm [PDF]           The British magazine Return, edited by Uri Davis, Tony Greenstein and Roland Rance, equated Zionism           and Judaism with Nazism. Jewish students and national student leaders condemned it as antisemitic. Paul Bogdanor, The Mark Elf Files           British blogger Mark Elf portrays Zionists as ritual child-murderers and bloodthirsty psychopaths, looks           forward to Israel’s destruction and warns that the world’s Jews are “heading for a disaster” thanks to           their “grotesque culture of deceit.” Jewish Pro-Palestinian in Hot Water For “Satanic” Israel Jibe           Boycott campaigner Deborah Fink regards the Jewish state as “Satanic.” Michael Ezra, Jews and Jew Haters: The Anti-Zionist Jewish Squabble           Britain’s Jewish antisemites are now accusing each other of lying and bigotry. Collaboration With the PLO: The Case of Abraham Melzer German Court Rules on “Kosher Anti-Semitism”           Abraham Melzer, a publisher who sought funding from the PLO, and Hajo Meyer, an Auschwitz survivor           who belittles the importance of the Holocaust, are Jewish antisemites according to the German courts. Philip Mendes, Denying the Jewish Experience of Oppression: The Jewish Anti-Zionism of John Docker           Cultural critic John Docker inveighs against “Zionist control of the Australian media.” - Israel Steven Plaut, Uri Avnery Finds a “Fascist”           The fascist background of Israel’s most notorious PLO apologist. Jonathan Rosenblum, An Israel Prize For Wagner?           The murderous rhetoric of Yigal Tumarkin and his comrades. Paul Bogdanor, The Abominable Dr. Shahak Paul Bogdanor, The Legacy of Israel Shahak Werner Cohn, Shahak: The Jews Are Bad! Diana Muir, Review of Israel Shahak and Norton Mezvinsky Jason Maoz, The Wicked Son           The Blood Libels of Israel’s worst antisemite and his American collaborator. Alan Dershowitz, Neve Gordon Can’t Take Criticism Susan L. Rosenbluth, Accusations of Slander, Plagiarism and Holocaust Revisionism [PDF, 1.5 MB] Susan L. Rosenbluth, Prof Steven Plaut’s Appeal Reverses Earlier Ruling [PDF, 1.1 MB]           Neve Gordon defended the killers of Jewish children and then resorted to a Holocaust-denying judge to           silence his critic Steven Plaut. Steven Plaut, A Second Blood Libel Anti-Semite From Israeli Academia           Yehiam Sorek offers his support to discredited Blood Libel historian Ariel Toaff. Left-Wing Holocaust Denial Pierre Vidal-Naquet, The Fantastic Calculations of Paul Rassinier           French socialist Paul Rassinier was one of the first Holocaust deniers. Pierre Vidal-Naquet, On La Vieille Taupe and Cannibalism           The far-left outfit La Vieille Taupe - led by Pierre Guillaume and Serge Thion - became a major source of           Holocaust denial propaganda. Abraham H. Foxman, Letter to The Nation           The Nation is caught running an ad for Holocaust deniers. Oliver Kamm, Chomsky’s Outlets           Kamm exposes a Holocaust denier at Z Magazine. Peter N. Kirstein, Should Respectable Historians Attend and Speak at Conferences Hosted by David Irving?           Kirstein wants to “build coalitions” with Holocaust deniers such as the “provocative and intrepid” Irving. Steven Plaut, The Neonazi Ties of the Leftist Lunabrits “Judeosphere,” Former Counterpunch Columnist Questions the Holocaust “Harry’s Place,” Denying the Denial           Alexander Cockburn and other left-wing Israel-haters have promoted and defended Holocaust deniers. Professor Disputes Holocaust           Holocaust denial by 9/11 conspiracy theorist Jane Christensen. “Judeosphere,” The Professor Meets the Holocaust Denier           Daniel McGowan of PLO front group Deir Yassin Remembered backs an admirer of Adolf Hitler. Holocaust Denial on University of Haifa Chat List           Anti-Zionist Miriam Reik posts material supporting Holocaust deniers on a leftist Israeli discussion list. Adam Holland, Oregon “Peace” Group to Mark Kristallnacht With Holocaust Denial Conference           Oregon campus leftists commemorate an infamous Nazi pogrom by hosting an infamous Nazi apologist. “Judeosphere,” Partners in Denial           Noam Chomsky’s sidekick Edward Herman argues that opposition to Holocaust deniers is a Jewish plot. Zionist-Nazi Conspiracy Lies - Historical Background US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Jewish Aid and Rescue           Zionists saved tens of thousands of Jews, many of them children, from the Nazis. Joint Emergency Committee, Program For the Rescue of Jews From Nazi-Occupied Europe           Zionist rescue demands during the Holocaust. Zionists Debate Rescue of Hungarian Jews Jewish Agency Receives Offer to Trade Jews for Trucks The Brand Mission: Cable From Moshe Shertok to Chaim Weizmann [PDF] Kasztner on Holocaust Rescue Zionist Rescue Efforts: Records From the Eichmann Trial           Zionist attempts to save the Jews of Hungary. WZO/Jewish Agency, Ben Hecht’s Perfidy: An Analysis of His Rewriting of History           Refutes the Hollywood scriptwriter’s polemic, which was exploited by a generation of antisemites. - Soviet Antisemites “Vile Slander Campaign” by Heirs of “Traitors” Pravda on “Common Essential Features of Fascism and Zionism” Waldheim Election: “Malicious” Campaign by Zionists           Soviet antisemitic ideology claimed that the Holocaust was a conspiracy betwen Zionists and Nazis. Jacob Gewirtz, The Lie of Zionist-Nazi Collaboration [PDF]           Inevitably, the conspiracy lie inspired antisemites everywhere. - Lenni Brenner C. C. Aronsfeld, Review of Lenni Brenner [PDF] Louis Harap, “Zionist-Nazi Collaboration” Refuted: Lenni Brenner’s Trickery Exposed [PDF, 1.3 MB] Lenni Brenner and Hillel Halkin, Exchange: Saving Jews [PDF] Michael Ezra, A Disputation With a Disputer           American communist Lenni Brenner promoted the Soviet line on “Zionist-Nazi collaboration.” Brenner’s Complaint [PDF] Bad Boy Brenner [PDF]           Lenni Brenner’s record of antisemitic activism. - Jim Allen A Curtain Call For Courting Perdition David Pryce-Jones, The Perdition Affair [PDF] Michael Ezra, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Remembers the Holocaust by Blaming the “Zionists” Stan Crooke, “Anti-Zionist” Play Will Mark Holocaust Memorial Day           British communist Jim Allen accused Zionists of colluding in the murder of Hungarian Jewry. - Tony Greenstein Michael Ezra, Questions For Tony Greenstein Paul Bogdanor, Tony Greenstein and the Nazi Apologists Exchange: Tony Greenstein - More Lies Than Paragraphs Exchange: Greenstein, Stalin, Hitler           British communist Tony Greenstein propagates the Zionist-Nazi conspiracy myth and whitewashes           Stalinist collaboration with Hitler, while praising antisemites and Nazi apologists. Nigel Savage, Letter: Tony Greenstein [PDF] “Judeosphere,” Tony Greenstein Considers Anti-Semitism to be a Strategic Inconvenience Paul Bogdanor, Atzmon Versus Greenstein Exchange: Tony Greenstein on Mass Murder and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion           Tony Greenstein’s unique approach to fighting antisemitism includes the accusation that “Zionist groups...           are seeking to replicate what the Protocols described.” - Others Sean Matgamna, With Hitler on the Road to Samara           A sane communist points out that his comrades’ views on Zionism are reminiscent of Nazi propaganda. Sever Plocker, Zizek and the Zionist-Nazi Alliance           Philosopher Slavoj Zizek is the latest leftist intellectual to blame Zionists for the Holocaust. Holocaust Falsifiers Jacob Robinson, The Arendt Book: A Report on the Evil of Banality [PDF, 1.5 MB] Michael Ezra, The Eichmann Polemics: Hannah Arendt and Her Critics           Hannah Arendt, the overrated intellectual whose mentor had supported the Nazis, belittled the depravity of           Adolf Eichmann while accusing the Jewish leadership of facilitating his crimes. Her infamous book was           exposed as a litany of falsehoods. Goal Pinto, The Specialist is Almost Entirely a Perverse Fraud           Anti-Zionist filmmaker Eyal Sivan produced a thoroughly deceitful documentary on the Eichmann trial. Alvin H. Rosenfeld, The Assault on Holocaust Memory [PDF] Dave Rich, The Left and the Holocaust Dave Rich, Holocaust Denial as an Anti-Zionist and Anti-Imperialist Tool For the European Far Left Michael Ezra, The Abuse of Holocaust Memory: The Far Right, the Far Left and the Middle East           The radical left’s Blood Libels about “Zionist-Nazi collaboration,” “the Holocaust industry,” etc. Allan J. Lichtman, The Terrible Whys of German History Richard Breitman, A Nazi Crusade?           The ideological fictions of historian Arno Mayer, who pretended that the Holocaust was an unintended           result of the invasion of the Soviet Union and that most of the victims died from “natural” causes. Shraga Elam and David Irving Anti-Zionists “Debate” Hitler’s Guilt Anti-Zionists “Debate” Hitler’s Guilt, Cont.           Anti-Zionist Shraga Elam sends a friendly message to Holocaust denier David Irving in which he denies            Hitler’s responsibility for Auschwitz. Then he debates the subject with his fellow Israel-haters. Paul Bogdanor, Letter: David Stannard, Ward Churchill and the Holocaust           Other far-left pseudo-scholars who publish falsehoods about the Holocaust.