What’s Wrong With the German Left?
Far from intervening responsibly against the Israeli genocide, the German left has fallen in with the German state in suppressing dissent and backing Israel. This cannot be attributed to historical memory or political miscalculation. Its gross participation in ginning up moral panic around spurious accusations of antisemitism is rather an extraordinary abdication of its moral duty.
While the global movement in solidarity with Palestine has been repressed more or less everywhere, the German mobilization stands out for the weakness of its expression of support. Parts of the feminist, environmentalist, and even anti-racist movements have not only failed to oppose but even endorsed the cancellation of Palestinian voices in the name of […]
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