The socialism of fools

New York Times - Seymour Martin Lipset - 03 January 1971

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"Twenty five years after the end of World War II and the collapse of the most anti-Semitic regime in history, anti‐Semitism appears to be on the rise around the world. But unlike the situation before 1945, when anti‐Jewish politics was largely identified with rightist elements, the current wave is linked to governments, parties, and groups which are conventionally described as leftist. Various New Left activists in different countries, American black militant groups, Arab ``socialist'' spokesmen, and East European Communist governments have moved on from anti‐Zionist to anti‐Jewish and fully anti‐Semitic statements and acts. And though the extreme right remains relatively weak in Western countries, its news‐papers have become much more open about referring to ``Jewish conspiracies''."