RE: [Marxism] The "anti-semitism" of the oppressed, etc.?? (was: How to answer these questions?)

[Danielle Ni Dhighe <danielle@xxxxxxxx>]

At 05:46 AM 8/5/2006, Joaquin Bustelo wrote:
>So I object to going around criticizing the victims of
>the Zionists for talking in terms of "Jews" when it is
>the Zionists themselves that are overwhelmingly
>responsible for that situation.

To a certain degree, you're correct.  Israel justifies itself not as 
*a* Jewish state, but as *the* Jewish state, and that its actions are 
on behalf of all Jews.  That said, I don't think this justifies 
antisemitism in response, as you seem to believe.

Danielle Ni Dhighe
Coordinating Committee Member
Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America
danielle@xxxxxxxx - http://www.irsm.org/irsm.html



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