Contested Terrain http://contested-terrain.net Resource Page for Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Related Issues Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:09:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 en On Nazi Anti-Zionism http://contested-terrain.net/on-nazi-anti-zionism/ http://contested-terrain.net/on-nazi-anti-zionism/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:21:44 +0000 contestedterrain http://contested-terrain.net/on-nazi-anti-zionism/ The following is an analysis of Nazi anti-zionism. It looks at the transformation of antisemitic propaganda in the late 1940s, and observes the transition to an explicit language of anti-zionism. The multiple reasons for this shift are discussed, as well as the consequences. The analysis provides important historical material for thinking about the relationship between antisemitism and anti-zionism. It is from Michael Berkowitz’s book, The Crime of My Very Existence: Nazism and the Myth of Jewish Criminality, from the chapter…

]]> http://contested-terrain.net/on-nazi-anti-zionism/feed/ The 43 Group - Militant Jewish Anti-Fascism in Post-WWII Britain http://contested-terrain.net/the-43-group-militant-jewish-anti-fascism-in-post-wwii-britain/ http://contested-terrain.net/the-43-group-militant-jewish-anti-fascism-in-post-wwii-britain/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:04:38 +0000 contestedterrain http://contested-terrain.net/the-43-group-militant-jewish-anti-fascism-in-post-wwii-britain/ The 43 Group was a British anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen after World War II. They did this when, upon returning to London, they encountered British fascist organisations such as the Jeffrey Hamm’s “British League of Ex-Servicemen” and later Oswald Mosley’s reformed British Union of Fascists, or BUF. The activities of these fascist groups included anti-semitic speeches in public places, inciting racial hatred, and from the rank-and-file fascists, violent attacks on London Jews and Jewish property. Group members…

]]> http://contested-terrain.net/the-43-group-militant-jewish-anti-fascism-in-post-wwii-britain/feed/ A short reply to the Anti-Imperialist and Three-Way-Fight Approaches to Antisemitism, in the Upping-the-Anti Journal Debate http://contested-terrain.net/a-short-reply-to-the-anti-imperialist-and-three-way-fight-approaches-to-antisemitism-in-the-upping-the-anti-journal/ http://contested-terrain.net/a-short-reply-to-the-anti-imperialist-and-three-way-fight-approaches-to-antisemitism-in-the-upping-the-anti-journal/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:36:36 +0000 contestedterrain http://contested-terrain.net/a-short-reply-to-the-anti-imperialist-and-three-way-fight-approaches-to-antisemitism-in-the-upping-the-anti-journal/ In the latest issue of Upping the Anti journal, two articles were published on the question, “How should Left groups relate to non-Left anti-Imperialist movements?”

The first article, “Challenges to Capitalism, Challenges for the Left: Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and the Three Way Fight,” Michael Staudenmaier introduces the “three way fight” analysis, as an attempt to go beyond the bi-polar worldview that the author finds both widespread on the Left and an unsatisfactory analytical framework. As a response, the journal published the article “Islam and…

]]> http://contested-terrain.net/a-short-reply-to-the-anti-imperialist-and-three-way-fight-approaches-to-antisemitism-in-the-upping-the-anti-journal/feed/ Foucault and the Iranian Revolution http://contested-terrain.net/foucault-and-the-iranian-revolution/ http://contested-terrain.net/foucault-and-the-iranian-revolution/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:13:14 +0000 contestedterrain http://contested-terrain.net/foucault-and-the-iranian-revolution/

From The University of Chicago Press:

In 1978, as the protests against the Shah of Iran reached their zenith, philosopher Michel Foucault was working as a special correspondent for Corriere della Sera and le Nouvel Observateur. During his little-known stint as a journalist, Foucault traveled to Iran, met with leaders like Ayatollah Khomeini, and wrote a series of articles on the revolution. Foucault and the Iranian Revolution is the first book-length analysis of these essays on Iran, the majority of which have…

]]> http://contested-terrain.net/foucault-and-the-iranian-revolution/feed/ Anarchist Analysis and the Blindspot to Antisemitism http://contested-terrain.net/anarchist-analysis-and-the-blindspot-to-antisemitism/ http://contested-terrain.net/anarchist-analysis-and-the-blindspot-to-antisemitism/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:36:00 +0000 contestedterrain http://contested-terrain.net/anarchist-analysis-and-the-blindspot-to-antisemitism/ The following is the text of a talk I gave on the panel “Anarchism and Responding to Anti-Semitism,” at the 2006 conference, “Facing a Challenge Within: A Progressive Scholars’ and Activists’ Conference on Anti-Semitism* and The Left.”

In my short presentation, I laid out a very basic hypothesis about why U.S. anarchists have a blindspot regarding the issue of antisemitism. The hypothesis is by no means meant as a comprehensive theory to the topic. Rather, it focuses specifically on the limitations…

]]> http://contested-terrain.net/anarchist-analysis-and-the-blindspot-to-antisemitism/feed/ Medinat Weimar - For a new Jewish State in Germany? http://contested-terrain.net/medinat-weimar-for-a-new-jewish-state-in-germany/ http://contested-terrain.net/medinat-weimar-for-a-new-jewish-state-in-germany/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:47:56 +0000 contestedterrain http://contested-terrain.net/medinat-weimar-for-a-new-jewish-state-in-germany/ I was told about this project by an acquaintance at a party and was quick to brush it aside as a ridiculous fantasy. When I looked into it, I came to appreciate it as a ridiculous fantasy and to find it positively provocative.
Medinat Weimar is a “movement for a Jewish State in Thuringia. Deutschland.”

From their 13 Principles:

2 > Medinat Weimar is a solution to overcome the present crises and heal Jewish trauma, German guilt, East Mediterranean conflicts, East German troubles and many other problems…

]]> http://contested-terrain.net/medinat-weimar-for-a-new-jewish-state-in-germany/feed/ Vermont Secessionists and their Right-wing connections http://contested-terrain.net/on-the-vermont-secessionist-groups-connections-with-the-right-wing/ http://contested-terrain.net/on-the-vermont-secessionist-groups-connections-with-the-right-wing/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:17:06 +0000 contestedterrain http://contested-terrain.net/on-the-vermont-secessionist-groups-connections-with-the-right-wing/ Here are some links to articles about the connections between the Secessionist group, Second Vermont Republic, and racist and neo-confederate groups.

The recently published “Vermont Secessionists Meet with Racist League of the South,” is the latest article on the topic. The issue was made public last year, in
“Second Vermont Republic/Vermont Commons Tied to White Supremacists.”

After learning about these links, the Green Mountain Collective, a Left group which had worked together with the SVR, wrote a statement “Concerning the Alleged Racism of…

]]> http://contested-terrain.net/on-the-vermont-secessionist-groups-connections-with-the-right-wing/feed/ “Anti-Semitism in the Socialist Tradition” http://contested-terrain.net/anti-semitism-in-the-socialist-tradition/ http://contested-terrain.net/anti-semitism-in-the-socialist-tradition/#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 15:18:06 +0000 contestedterrain http://contested-terrain.net/anti-semitism-in-the-socialist-tradition/ From Communalism: International Journal for a Rational Society, Issue # 11, August 2007, by Kjetil Simonsen, “Anti-Semitism in the Socialist Tradition.”

Here is a discussion forum on the article.

]]> http://contested-terrain.net/anti-semitism-in-the-socialist-tradition/feed/ Conference: Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe http://contested-terrain.net/conference-antisemitism-and-islamophobia-in-europe/ http://contested-terrain.net/conference-antisemitism-and-islamophobia-in-europe/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 10:11:39 +0000 contestedterrain http://contested-terrain.net/?p=101 Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe:
comparisons/contrasts/connections
22nd - 24th June 2008
Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies
University College London

Organised by: Edge Hill University, Goldsmiths College, UCL

Aims
The aim of this conference is to explore the connections, commonalities and differences between Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe through a broad geographical and historical lens.

Papers will focus on contemporary and historical flashpoints, such as Britain, Germany, France, Iberia, Austria, Russia, the Balkans, and the Netherlands. In addition to ‘national’ case studies, the conference will attempt to gain…

]]> http://contested-terrain.net/conference-antisemitism-and-islamophobia-in-europe/feed/ Anti-Zionist Campaign in Poland, 1967-68 http://contested-terrain.net/anti-zionist-campaign-in-poland-1967-68/ http://contested-terrain.net/anti-zionist-campaign-in-poland-1967-68/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 17:20:11 +0000 contestedterrain http://contested-terrain.net/?p=93 In the ongoing debate about the relationship of antisemitism to anti-zionism, historical case-studies can serve as useful material. The anti-zionist campaign in Poland, of 1967-1968, offers the ability to examine the relationship in detail. Below are links to some recent contributions on the topic.

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