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Far Left Antisemitism

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Far Left Antisemitism

Updated on March 6, 2026
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Overview #

This powerful booklet dives into the often-overlooked reality of antisemitism emerging from far-left ideologies. It exposes how anti-Zionism and antisemitism frequently blur in progressive spaces, shedding light on historical roots, modern manifestations, and the harmful denial of Jewish identity. A must-read for anyone seeking clarity on where criticism of Israel crosses into dangerous hate.

Citations
  1. Marcy Oster, "French far-left leader accuses Jews of responsibility for Jesus's death," Times of Israel, July 20, 2020. https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-far-left-leader-accuses-jews-of-responsibility-for-jesuss-death
  2. https://www.redressonline.com/2016/06/the-truth-behind-the-charge-of-anti-semitism-in-britain/
  3. Quoted in Alan Johnson, "Book Review: Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism," Fathom Journal, Spring 2013. http://fathomjournal.org/book-review-parting-ways-jewishness-and-the-critique-of-zionism/
  4. Robert S. Wistrich, From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012), p. 121.
  5. Philip Mendes, Jews and the Left: The Rise and Fall of a Political Alliance (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), p. 41.
  6. Wistrich, From Ambivalence… p. 185.
  7. Wistrich, From Ambivalence… p. 186.
  8. Editorial from the Neuer Social-Demokrat, January 22, 1872, cited in Wistrich, From Antisemitism… p. 192.
  9. Colin Holmes, Anti-Semitism in British Society 1876–1939 (London: Holmes & Meier, 1979).
  10. Wistrich, From Ambivalence… p. 206.
  11. Steven Rosenfielde, Red Holocaust (Routledge, 2010).
  12. Wistrich, From Ambivalence… p. 209.
  13. Thomas E. Sawyer, The Jewish Minority in the Soviet Union (Westview Press, 1979).
  14. Nora Levin, The Jews in the Soviet Union since 1917 (New York: New York University Press, 1988), p. 57.
  15. A. Mark Clarfield, "The Soviet 'Doctors' Plot'—50 years on," British Medical Journal, Vol. 325 (7378), December 21, 2002.
  16. Ion Mihai Pacepa and Ronald J. Rychlak, Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism.
  17. "Chavez Assailed by Trotskyists for Defending Israel's Right to Exist," Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 26, 1974. https://www.jta.org/1974/03/26/archive/chavez-assailed-by-trotskyists-for-defending-israels-right-to-exist
  18. Miguel Pendás, "Chicanos and the October War," The Militant, March 22, 1974, p. 13.
  19. Lars Rensmann, "The Peculiar Appeal," op. cit.
  20. Antisemitism Policy Trust, "Antisemitic Imagery and Caricatures," 2020. https://antisemitism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Antisemitic-imagery-May-2020.pdf
  21. Deborah E. Lipstadt, Antisemitism: Here and Now (Schocken Books, 2019), pp. 59–61.
  22. Jeffrey Herf, The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda during World War II and the Holocaust (Belknap Press, 2006), pp. 100–102.
  23. Professor Alan Johnson, submission to the Chakrabarti Inquiry into Antisemitism in the Labour Party, 2016.
  24. William Korey, Russian Antisemitism, Pamyat, and the Demonology of Zionism (New York: Routledge, 2013), p. 34.
  25. https://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/the-zionist-brain
  26. Robert S. Wistrich, "The Anti-Zionist Mythology of the Left," Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs 9:2 (2015): 189–199.
  27. Hagit Kleinman, "UK politician: Pro-Israel lobby controls West," YNetNews.com, September 21, 2006. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/1,7340,L-3306894,00.html
  28. InMinds.co.uk, 2007.
  29. Aaron Bandler, "Sarsour Calls ADL 'Purveyor of Islamophobia,' Report Says," Jewish Journal, September 25, 2018. https://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/239401/sarsour-calls-adl-purveyor-islamophobia-report-says/
  30. https://www.adl.org/who-we-are/our-organization/signature-programs/law-enforcement-trainings/leadership-seminar-in-israel
  31. Peter C. Kratcoski and Dilip K. Das, Police Education and Training in a Global Society (Lexington Books, 2007), p. 165. https://www.perlego.com/book/5191851/police-education-and-training-in-a-global-society-pdf
  32. Gretchen Rachel Hammond, "More than 1,500 at Dyke March in Little Village, Jewish Pride flags banned," Windy City Times, June 24, 2017. https://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/More-than-1500-at-Dyke-March-in-Little-Village-Jewish-Pride-flags-banned-/59621.html
  33. Ben Sales, "Chicago Dyke March story cost me my job, says reporter," Times of Israel, July 18, 2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/chicago-dyke-march-story-cost-me-my-job-says-reporter/
  34. Dyke March Collective statement, June 27, 2017. https://bit.ly/2w1BSHs
  35. Alan Johnson, Institutionally Antisemitic: Contemporary Left Antisemitism and the Crisis in the British Labour Party, Fathom Journal, March 2019. https://fathomjournal.org/fathom-report-institutionally-antisemitic-contemporary-left-antisemitism-and-the-crisis-in-the-british-labour-party/
 

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