Labour's Antisemitism Crisis: What the Left Got Wrong and How to Learn From It
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Between 2015 and 2020 the Labour Party was riven by allegations that the party had tolerated antisemitism.
For the Labour right, and some in the media, the fact that such allegations could be made was proof of a moral collapse under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. Sections of the left, meanwhile, sought to resist the accusations by claiming that the numbers of people accused of racism were few, that the allegations were an orchestrated attack, and that those found guilty were excluded from the party. This important book by one of Britain’s leading historians of anti- fascism gives a more detailed account than any yet published of what went wrong in Labour. Renton rejects those on the right who sought to exploit the issue for factional advantage. He also criticises those of his comrades on the left who were ignorant about what most British Jews think and demonstrated a willingness to antagonise them.
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1. Introduction
2. The Uniqueness of Antisemitism
3. Naz Shah and the Cause of Palestine
4. Ken Livingstone and the Crimes of Zionism
5. Jews and the Slave Trade
6. Seeing No Evil: Trump and the US Right
7. Seeing No Evil: Corbyn and the Mear One Mural
8. Jewdas and the Figure of the Bad Jew
9. The Labour Left and the Israel Lobby
10. The Labour Right and Anti-Zionist Jews
11. The Bullying of Luciana Berger
12. Fighting the Rich, Without Fighting Jews
13. From the Edge of the Anti-War Movement
14. Israel’s Eastern European Allies
15. On Gatekeeping
16. Antisemitism and Black Emancipation
17. Conclusion
For the Labour right, and some in the media, the fact that such allegations could be made was proof of a moral collapse under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. Sections of the left, meanwhile, sought to resist the accusations by claiming that the numbers of people accused of racism were few, that the allegations were an orchestrated attack, and that those found guilty were excluded from the party. This important book by one of Britain’s leading historians of anti- fascism gives a more detailed account than any yet published of what went wrong in Labour. Renton rejects those on the right who sought to exploit the issue for factional advantage. He also criticises those of his comrades on the left who were ignorant about what most British Jews think and demonstrated a willingness to antagonise them.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Uniqueness of Antisemitism
3. Naz Shah and the Cause of Palestine
4. Ken Livingstone and the Crimes of Zionism
5. Jews and the Slave Trade
6. Seeing No Evil: Trump and the US Right
7. Seeing No Evil: Corbyn and the Mear One Mural
8. Jewdas and the Figure of the Bad Jew
9. The Labour Left and the Israel Lobby
10. The Labour Right and Anti-Zionist Jews
11. The Bullying of Luciana Berger
12. Fighting the Rich, Without Fighting Jews
13. From the Edge of the Anti-War Movement
14. Israel’s Eastern European Allies
15. On Gatekeeping
16. Antisemitism and Black Emancipation
17. Conclusion
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9780367720568
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Labour's Antisemitism Crisis: What the Left Got Wrong and How to Learn From It. . 2021: https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-2081
