Thursday, March 12, 2009

The need to fight back

Once again, Eric Lee hits the nail right on the head. In his recent piece in Democratiya, he identifies one of the key problems in the current struggle within the labour movement - a lack of coordination among pro-Israel groups.

But it should not be the task solely for the Jewish community to combat rising anti-Semitism.

Trade unionists themselves, Jews and non-Jews, should be spearheading a globally-coordinated effort to fight back. They should be able to mount an aggressive campaign to make the case that Israel has the right and duty to defend itself, and that its main enemy (Hamas) is a fascist terrorist organisation and a natural enemy of the unions and the Left.

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