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Vol. 79/No. 47 December 28, 2015
Communist League: Oppose
attacks on Muslims, Jews
Militant/Paul Davies
LONDON — My campaign “is for the forging of a working-class leadership
in the UK and internationally,” Jonathan Silberman, the Communist League
candidate for mayor of London, told the weekly Jewish Chronicle in an
interview published Nov. 27. “Fighting the rise of Jew-hatred is an
important part of any working-class campaign today.”
In a follow-up letter, Silberman added a couple of points whose omission
distorted his views. The author “accurately sums up the Communist
League’s view that fighting Jew-hatred is a burning question,” he said.
“So too, I explained, is the fight against anti-Muslim prejudice. As the
UK government intensifies its war drive in the Middle East and cracks
down on workers’ rights at home, this is even more important.”
Silberman, right, took part in a Dec. 4 protest against the attempted
firebombing of the Finsbury Park mosque.
The Chronicle also cited Silberman’s opposition to the campaign to
boycott Israel, and quoted him saying, “I’m opposed to the capitalist
government of Israel, but I’m equally opposed to the capitalist
government of Britain or the United States.”
— ÓLÖF ANDRA PROPPÉ
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