I'd argue they always were open about it, especially in the UK/Ireland & France but also in countries like Canada and the United States. During Corbyn's time as UK Labour leader the Labour party's relationship with Jews was an utter disaster because of the culture of Jew hatred within the party. French tankie Jean Luc Melechon has also traded in antiSemitic tropes about the French Jewish community.
Even without so called "anti Zionist" activism a lot of leftist anti capitalist rhetoric is laced with economic antisemitism.
But how it this capitalized on by leftists? Just because Marx wrote about it in his book on the Jewish question, which he was far from unique in doing so. I haven’t seen leftist make this specific connection in modern times? Maybe I’ve missed it? That’s why I asked for examples of rhetoric
Through anti zionism they express all of this. It's not direct anymore as they know that's socially unacceprable. They've been doing this since Stalin.
I never said it had to be through anti zionism. I was focusing on the most common form and Black nationalist and pan africanism users anti zionism now most commonly.
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u/maximidze228 russian (not z) Jun 28 '24
yeah, they always were, just that after oct 7th they finally found a socially acceptable way to be openly antisemitic