WBEZ Chicago: “The Violent Consequences of Anti-Semitic Bigotry”
In the aftermath of the tragic murders at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the racially motivated murders at a Kentucky Walmart, and attempted pipe-bombings - all by self-identified White supremacists, many are searching for the causes. “The damage done by conspiracy and vigilante violence alters the fabric of democracy…
WORT: Split Show: The IPCC Report And Anti-Semitism
We bring you another two-part episode today, starting with a deep dive into the recent report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with guests Nathan Hultman and Natalie Mahowald. Then, we talk to Steven Gardiner about anti-Semitism in the United States.
Listen here…
Truthout: Anti-Semitism and Zionism Have Formed a Brutal Alliance
Ironically, this definition of the “new anti-Semitism” reinforces anti-Semitism by conflating the Jewish people with a nation-state. Political Research Associates, a group monitoring right-wing extremism, defines anti-Semitism as a form of bigotry that treats Jews (who are racially, economically and…
Trump Is Building the Most Anti-Semitic Cabinet in Decades
“But his insinuation echoed the medieval Christian libel that Jews had poisoned the wells of Europe, unleashing the Black Death. Kennedy’s winking accusation also mimics a strain of white-supremacist pseudoscience, which asserts that Ashkenazi Jews are a distinct race from Caucasians. According to this bizarre, and…
The Nation: How Do the Trumpists Mobilize? Around White Nationalism and Anti-Semitism
A new report by Political Research Associates lays out the connections and the key role played by the media.
“As Trump rants about “human scum” who oppose him, Political Research Associates, a Boston-based think tank that monitors domestic right-wing extremism, has released a…
Rewire.News: Racism and Anti-Semitism Are Not Intrusions of a Dark Past Into Our Present
Eric K. Ward writing for Political Research Associates reminds us of one way our pasts and presents are intertwined, noting that, in the United States, anti-Semitism “forms the theoretical core of White nationalism.” Since white supremacist ideology imagines Black people as an “inferior…
Yes Magazine: A Year After the Tree of Life Shooting, Anti-Semitism and Anti-Immigrant Racism Thrive
Yes Magazine: A Year After the Tree of Life Shooting, Anti-Semitism and Anti-Immigrant Racism Thrive
“One year ago this Sunday, a White nationalist stepped into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 Jewish worshippers. Before his shooting, Robert Bowers made clear in a social media post that he believed killing Jews would help block non-White immigrants from entering the…
The Canadian Jewish News: Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist David Icke Gives Talk in Vancouver
According to a report by Political Research Associates – an American non-profit research group that studies white supremacist groups and militias – Icke’s ideas are “a mishmash of most of the dominant themes of contemporary neofascism, mixed in with a smattering of topics culled from the U.…
As Texas Antifascist Found “Not Guilty,” Billionaire GOP Mega-Donor Reportedly Bankrolling Lawsuit For Fascist, Anti-Semitic Group
“As Political Research Associates reported: In a manifesto published on its website, the group…calls the notion of equality — or at least what they consider ‘unnatural equality’ — ‘evil,’ describes democracy as a ‘failed experiment’ and advocates for a…
Salon: Parkland paranoia: Why is the far right obsessed with George Soros?
“We should all understand that the targeting of George Soros is an anti-Semitic act at this point,” said Eric Ward, executive director of the Western States Center. Ward is also the author of a June 2017 article at Political Research Associates about the role that anti-Semitism plays…
Progressive Organizations Must Speak Up about Palestine
“Progressive organizations should also understand how far-right movements weaponize anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab bigotry, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism to push a Christian nationalist worldview. Attacks against Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, and Jews are not just isolated incidents perpetrated by racist individuals. They…
The Chosen People in the Promised Land
Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash
Jean Hardisty
September 1, 1994
Antisemitism
This article was originally published in September 1994 and…
Steve Bannon’s “Washed Out” Antisemitism
Steve Bannon speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland. Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr.
Spencer Sunshine
January 12, 2018
AntisemitismWhite…
Boston Globe: ‘A fairly devout group of Neo-Nazis.’ Local white supremacist group has been active in recent weeks - July 14, 2020
“At the State House rally, one man in the group had a visible swastika tattoo on his calf. He was identified as Anthony Petruccelli, who has ties to Lynn, by Samson Racioppi, a rally organizer; by Hill, the research fellow; and by Ben Lorber, a research…
Truthout: The Fall of the “Alt-Right” Came From Anti-Fascism
Call them racists, nativists, misogynists, Islamophobics, anti-Semites or one of several other odious adjectives — author Shane Burley breaks down the ignoble contemporary offshoots of fascism. He also offers strategies for resistance.
Read here.
Fascism Wrapped in the American Flag
Chip Berlet
Joel Bellman
March 10, 1989
FascismAntisemitism
A Political Research Associates Briefing Paper
In Three Parts
Part One
Outside…
KPFA: White Supremacist Violence Surges Thanks to Trump
Anti-Semitic incidents in the US have sharply risen as per a new report by the Anti-Defamation League. The report is consistent with a massive surge of White Supremacist violence in the US under Donald Trump’s Presidency. On our show today we’ll have an in-depth conversation with Tarso Ramos, Executive Director of Political…
Christian Zionism, Christian Nationalism, and the Threat to Democracy
“To better understand the role that Christian Zionism plays today, in opposing a cease-fire and in promoting authoritarian rule in both Israel and the US, we are reprinting excerpts from Steven Gardiner’s 2020 article for Political Research Associates, “End-Times Anti-Semitism: Christian Zionism, Christian…
Palestine and Israel | How Cultural Strategy Drives Long-Term Change
“Furthermore, Christian Zionists, who support Jewish nationalism based on their interpretation of the Bible, actually outnumber Jewish people (both Zionist and anti-Zionist combined). Their interpretation, which can be viewed as anti-Semitic itself, manipulates Jewish identity and interests for their political…
Haaretz: Opinion | 'Primitive, Diseased Invaders' Threatening America: How Scapegoating ultra-Orthodox Jews for Coronavirus Mirrors Islamophobia - May 5, 2020
Haaretz Opinion by PRA Research Analyst Ben Lorber
“On April 29, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio claimed “the Jewish community” is disobeying social distancing orders enforced during the coronavirus…