A Left for Itself by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-21T16:00:00+00:00

Despite – or perhaps because of – the long threat of antisemitism in the history of the British Left, for much of the twentieth century, the labour movement was overwhelmingly positive towards the idea of a Jewish homeland. Furthermore, it was usually those on the hard-Left who were most vociferous in this support, while centrists tended towards pro-Palestinianism.

Josiah Wedgwood – a Labour politician with a long history of anti-imperialist, internationalist activism and a relative of Tony Benn – wrote to Zionist activists in Palestine in July 1938, encouraging resistance against the British authorities there:

In my experience, especially in times of difficulty, Governments give way only to actions. Demands backed by nothing but a sense of justice play little part in modern history…Arabs, or those who are troublesome, get their way in Palestine because they act instead of petition…You are morally entitled to arm to defend yourselves and your outlying colonies and erect such defences as are possible.24

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.