Yes some people use the the word Zionism as a dog whistle but we should still encourage anti-Zionism and clarify the difference to anti-Semitism. We wont ever convert Kanye (even if we could I think he'd do more harm than good) but we can use his ignorance to convert people who casually listen to him.
I would argue that Zionism is easily as dangerous as (or worse than) anti-Semitism. Zionism like Nazism is active whereas racism and prejudice (including anti-Semitism) is passive. Anti-Semitism is hate driven by ignorance Zionism is hate driven by Pride. Ignorance can be cured by education (enrichment), Pride is cured though humiliation (destruction).
We cant just surrender anti-Zionism to the fascists for fear of upsetting Jewish people because it is a key point for radicalization. Material conditions to drive people to Marxism but it also pushes towards fascism. There's a pipeline that starts at anti-zionism which flows to anti-semitism and then to racial supremacy leading to full blown Nazism but with just a little encouragement it can divert from anti-zionism to anti-imperialism and anti-racism and then eventually to Marxism.
The battle is not how to force radicalization. Capitalism is destroying itself and material conditions will radicalize people. The battle is over whether the radicalized become communists or fascists. If we aren't actively fighting for shared ideological points (like anti-Zionism) the fascism will grow faster than communism (as it already is).
Yes some people use the the word Zionism as a dog whistle but we should still encourage anti-Zionism and clarify the difference to anti-Semitism. We wont ever convert Kanye (even if we could I think he'd do more harm than good) but we can use his ignorance to convert people who casually listen to him.
I would argue that Zionism is easily as dangerous as (or worse than) anti-Semitism. Zionism like Nazism is active whereas racism and prejudice (including anti-Semitism) is passive. Anti-Semitism is hate driven by ignorance Zionism is hate driven by Pride. Ignorance can be cured by education (enrichment), Pride is cured though humiliation (destruction).
We cant just surrender anti-Zionism to the fascists for fear of upsetting Jewish people because it is a key point for radicalization. Material conditions to drive people to Marxism but it also pushes towards fascism. There's a pipeline that starts at anti-zionism which flows to anti-semitism and then to racial supremacy leading to full blown Nazism but with just a little encouragement it can divert from anti-zionism to anti-imperialism and anti-racism and then eventually to Marxism.
The battle is not how to force radicalization. Capitalism is destroying itself and material conditions will radicalize people. The battle is over whether the radicalized become communists or fascists. If we aren't actively fighting for shared ideological points (like anti-Zionism) the fascism will grow faster than communism (as it already is).
yes obviously we need to clarify the difference with anti-zionism and zionism is bad. Racism and Anti-Semitism can very much be active beliefs