UID:
almafu_9959739766802883
Format:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-5036-1107-8
Content:
The Arab-Israeli conflict constituted a serious problem for the American Left in the 1960s: pro-Palestinian activists hailed the Palestinian struggle against Israel as part of a fundamental restructuring of the global imperialist order, while pro-Israeli leftists held a less revolutionary worldview that understood Israel as a paragon of democratic socialist virtue. This intra-left debate was in part doctrinal, in part generational. But further woven into this split were sometimes agonizing questions of identity. Jews were disproportionately well-represented in the Movement, and their personal and communal lives could deeply affect their stances vis-à-vis the Middle East.The Movement and the Middle East offers the first assessment of the controversial and ultimately debilitating role of the Arab-Israeli conflict among left-wing activists during a turbulent period of American history. Michael R. Fischbach draws on a deep well of original sources—from personal interviews to declassified FBI and CIA documents—to present a story of the left-wing responses to the question of Palestine and Israel. He shows how, as the 1970s wore on, the cleavages emerging within the American Left widened, weakening the Movement and leaving a lasting impact that still affects progressive American politics today.
Note:
The times they are a changin' : the New Left and revolutionary internationalism -- Conflict in the ivory tower : campus activism -- (Fellow) travelers : left-wing youth in the Middle East -- Israel exceptionalism : Jewish attacks on the New Left -- Theory and praxis : the old Left against Israel -- The ghost of revolution past : conflicted communists -- We're not gonna take it : the socialist lurch toward Israel -- Give peace a chance? : the ambivalent anti-Vietnam War movement -- After the storm : divergent left-wing paths -- Shadow of the Cold War : the continued pro-Israeli pushback -- Taking root : new thinking goes mainstream -- Identity politics and intersectionality : feminism and Zionism.
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Issued also in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5036-1044-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781503611078
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