Socialist Workers Party speaks out against Jew-hatred in the Bay Area – The Militant

[....] Anti-Jewish attacks have increased in California and the U.S. in recent years.

Socialist Workers Party member Carole Lesnick delivered a letter of solidarity on behalf of the party to the Schneerson Center. She also sent letters urging unionists and others to speak out against antisemitism that were printed in the East Bay Times, Mercury News/San Jose,  Jewish News of Northern California and San Leandro Times.

“Working people in this country face a grinding economic crisis,” Lesnick wrote. “History teaches us that as this crisis deepens, and as workers fight back, the capitalist rulers will turn to Jew-hatred, seeking to blame Jewish people for the economic and social problems workers face.”

Party members have also reached out to Jewish students at the University of California at Berkeley who are being targeted, not by ultrarightists, but by liberals and students who consider themselves part of the left.

As many as 14 clubs at its law school, including Women of Berkeley Law, the Queer Caucus and Law Students of African Descent, have put into their bylaws a ban on speakers holding views “in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine.” Since over 80% of Jews believe Israel has a right to exist, it’s a ban on Jews. A ban not on speaking about Israel, but on any topic....

Socialist Workers Party speaks out against Jew-hatred in the Bay Area – The Militant