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In reply to the discussion: Notice that the Pro-Hamas protestors care about Israel's actions in Gaza, but they don't give a damn about the CCP's [View all]wnylib
(22,069 posts)But many of them are socialists and strongly anti capitalist.
Some of the antisemitic comments made on the campuses were rooted in a perception of Israel (Jews) that's based on the old trope that "rich Jews" run the international business world.
I had an experience with antisemitism among socialists that I posted on another thread. When I went to DC in January of 2003 to protest Bush the Younger's push for the Iraq War, I went on a bus with a group of buses sponsored by a socialist group. Once the buses were on the road, the socialist leader of each bus passed out anti Israel pamphlets that contained a number of antisemitic statements.
My seat mate was a young Black woman who worked for a bank. She crumpled up the pamphlet and said that she did not support any kind of racism. The rest of the passengers, including me, did the same.