The Politics of Anti-Semitism
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| Author | Alexander Cockburn Jeffrey St. Clair Michael Neumann Lenni Brenner Uri Avnery Robert Fisk Norman Finkelstein Edward Said |
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| Subject | Antisemitism |
| Publisher | CounterPunch, AK Press |
Publication date | October 10, 2003 |
| Pages | 178 |
| ISBN | 978-1-902-59377-7 |
| OCLC | 53402015 |
The Politics of Anti-Semitism is a book edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, and published by AK Press in 2003.
Contributors include former U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney, British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk, former senior CIA analysts Bill and Kathy Christison, professor of philosophy Michael Neumann, Capitol Hill staffer George Sutherland, assistant professor of political science and author Norman Finkelstein, Israeli Uri Avnery, Shaheed Alam and Israeli journalists Neve Gordon and as well as , Kurt Nimmo and . The editors Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair allege "false accusations of antisemitism are used to silence Israel's critics."[1][2] They also write about the USS Liberty incident.
Further reading[]
- Chances, Jerome A. "Review Essay: What's 'New'—and What’s Not New—About the New Antisemitism?" Review of The Politics of Anti-Semitism by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Jewish Political Studies Review, Vol. 16, No. 1/2, Spring 2004, pp. 111-124. JSTOR 25834592.
References[]
- ^ "Partisans of Israel often make false accusations of anti-Semitism to silence Israel's critics. The 'antisemite!' libel is harmful not only because it censors debate about Israel's racism and human rights abuses but because it trivializes the ugly history of Jew-hatred." (Handleman, Scott, "Trivializing Jew-Hatred," in The Politics of Anti-Semitism, ed. Alexander Cockburn. AK Press, 2003, p. 13.)
- ^ "Apologists for Israel's repression of Palestinians toss the word 'anti-Semite' at any critic of what Zionism has meant in practice for Palestinians on the receiving end." (Cockburn, Alexander and St. Clair, Jeffrey, preface to The Politics of Anti-Semitism, ed. Alexander Cockburn. AK Press, 2003, p.vii.)
Categories:
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict books
- Books about antisemitism
- AK Press books