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>Ironically, one defender of the owner of The Commons decided to build on Right-wing tactics of misinformation by inverting the meaning of words when he absurdly claimed that “There are zionist-fascists who are trying to destroy The Brooklyn Commons as a venue for radical events.” Huh? People who oppose neo-Nazism, and condemn anti-Semitism on a Left basis, are fascists — and Zionists! Truly remarkable. That statement can be dismissed as the desperate agitprop of an individual who has burned many a bridge. Lost all credibility with me here. That is transparently what those who initially sounded the alarm about the Commons and tried to tar the left as a whole were: Zionists who wanted to tar the Commons as a venue for radical events, specifically Sieradski, not to mention at least one person from the Anti-Defamation League and a few other marginal Zio-left figures whose only relevance appears to be shouting about even more marginal figures. The rest of the article sounds like same obsessive attempt to tarnish the Left for the failure to address a problem that the liberal and white left has shamelessly exaggerated for years. The fact that this moron can generate this much discussion and this many public disavowals, including from groups that have no relation to the venue, considering the pervasiveness of other forms of intolerance on the Left that have become staples, particularly Islamophobia, shows how misguided these "critiques" are. Note also at one point the author suggests that the "5 dancing Israelis" motif used in 9/11 conspiracy theories is a sign of anti-Semitism. The fact that 5 Israeli men were arrested on 9/11 during a massive immigration sweep for "suspicious behavior" is a fact <http://mondoweiss.net/2015/11/celebration-laughing-israelis/>; whether or not it proves Israel did 9/11 is another thing. I'm not sure how the author can begin the piece by admitting that there are legitimate motives for people to be suspicious about 9/11 and then conclude by suggesting that a using a story about alleged government agents is a sign of racism. - Amith On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:30 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > > > https://systemicdisorder.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/anti-semit > ism-and-the-left/ > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt > ions/marxism/amithrgupta%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com