This is a conversation with Daniel Randall. He’s a London-based railway worker and workplace representative for the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers and a member of the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty.

We spoke about antisemitism on the Left as Daniel has an upcoming book on this very topic.

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Topics Discussed:

What is left antisemitism?
The ‘socialism of fools’
The difference between antisemitism and other forms of hatred
The impact of Moishe Postone in our understanding of this topic
Antisemitism as conspiracy theory in and of itself
How it impacts discourse on Israel-Palestine
The specific legacy of Stalinism on anti-Zionism
Anti-Zionism without Anti-Semitism
‘Anti-Zionist Zionism’
Isaac Deutscher’s lifeboat metaphor for Israel in the 1940s
Understanding how one can be both a refugee and a settler
What’s wrong with saying ‘the Zionist entity’
Edward Said’s view on this
The example of Hindutva
The example of Lebanon
The pseudo-emancipatory character of antisemitism
Intersection between anti-semitism and islamophobia (‘great replacement’ conspiracy theory)
How Antisemitism Animates White Nationalism (reference to the essay by Erik Ward)
What happened in the UK Labor Party
Navigating sensitive discourses surrounding Israel-Palestine
On anti-nationalism

Recommended Books

That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Antisemitic: Antiracist Analysis of Left Antisemitism Paperback by Steve Cohen
Confronting Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century edited by Shane Burley
Confronting antisemitism on the Left: arguments for socialists by Daniel Randall (forthcoming)

Music by Tarabeat.

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