Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
Yes I've noticed the difference in the new socialist stance from the older ones of many moons ago.

You can definitely see a more aggressive social media tact ,they are more pronounce and personal ,perhaps it's was always there and social media had just exposed that vitriolic conversation .

With regards to anti semtism I can distinctly remember it existing at political/ union conferences I attended in the 80s ,it was though at fringe events ,many would wear the black and white Arab scarf as a badge . Militant Tendency was about a lot on picket lines and at conferences, perhaps these old boys are looking for a last bite of glory , let's prey they don't destroy jobs and towns in thier quest , as they did in the 80's , hate to see Hatton delivering redundancy notices in a posh car in his sheepskin coat again.

I've even seen it on this board where some resort to one line insults , I get the feeling face to face, we'd see a softer conversation.

Welcome to the new nasty party.
What does wearing an Arab scarf have to do with anti-semitism? There has been a long tradition on the left in Europe of support for Palestinian rights (against 70 years of ethnic cleansing, systematic discrimination, exploitation by neighbouring regimes and a total lack of concern by Western governments). Sometimes that was shown in fashion choices.

I also remember many events, marches, conferences etc. from the 1980s. I don't recall any anti-semitism (although I'm sure it was around somewhere) but I do have a strong recollection of the most vociferous and committed members of the Palestine solidarity movement being Jewish. There are more voices around today on that side of the argument, but orthodox Jews, Jewish socialists and Jewish opponents of political Zionism are still there and very visible.