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u/tronaldodumpo · 14 pointsr/LabourUK

Edit: Does anyone actually have Corbyn's foreword to see if he condemned the anti-Semitism?


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Here's a PDF of the book:

http://files.libertyfund.org/files/127/0052_Bk.pdf

Can someone point to something overtly anti-Semitic in it?

Edit:

It's there, page 64.
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Edit: So I bought the Kindle edition here which is supposed to have Corbyn's foreword. It doesn't.

The Guardian describes it as "Changed the contours of social dialogue." So it's clearly not controversial to praise the book's academic merits.

u/JoJoeyJoJo · 9 pointsr/ukpolitics

I just checked the book on Amazon and the description is an endorsement by the Guardian, it doesn't mention the text being antisemitic once

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperialism-Study-J-Hobson/dp/0851247881

u/USAStroganoff · 8 pointsr/worldnews

Great review from The Guardian ...

"First published in 1902, Hobsons seminal work was among the first to make the link between political economy and the imperialist expansionism of the advanced capitalist nations at the turn of the 20th Century. A devastating moral critique of the murderous cynicism of imperialism, Hobsons book paved the way for the influential Marxist theories of imperialism advanced by Lenin and Bukharin and others. It provides an invaluable framework for understanding militarism and war in the 21st Century. 'It s a depressing reflection on our condition that J A Hobson s pioneering study of the relationship between finance and empire retains much actuality today, more than a hundred years after it was first published. It is good to have this classic work available again. Nathaniel Mehrs critical introduction admirably situates Imperialism both historically and in relation to the debates it helped to shape among Marxists from Lenin and Bukharin to Harvey and Negri.' Alex Callinicos, Professor of European Studies, King's College London, and author of Imperialism and Global Political Economy. 'Hobson's book remains an indispensable starting point for the understanding of imperialism. Spokesman are to be congratulated for making it available once more.' John Newsinger, author of The Blood Never Dried: A Peoples History of the British Empire. Hobson's Imperialism belongs to the small group of books in the years from 1900 to the outbreak of war that have definitely changed the contours of social thought.' The Guardian."
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperialism-Study-J-Hobson/dp/0851247881

5 stars 4 reviews ...

"Freddy Engs
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
30 April 2019
Format: Paperback
Brilliant work by Hobson with a great intro from Mr Corbyn, huge thanks to Lord Finkelstein for bringing it to my attention, I will recommend it to others"

u/ScalelessSeath · 4 pointsr/LabourUK

I dont, I'm afraid.

All I know is it's from this edition:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperialism-Study-J-Hobson/dp/0851247881

u/OneReportersOpinion · 1 pointr/JordanPeterson

> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperialism-Study-J-Hobson/dp/0851247881

Talking about imperialism is anti-Semitic? That’s a new one. Lol. Btw, are you Jewish?

> united by the strongest bonds of organization, always in closest and quickest touch with one as other, situated in the very heart of the business capital of every state, controlled, so far as Europe is concerned, by men of a single and peculiar race, who have behind them many centuries of financial experience, they are in a unique position to control the policy of nations.

It’s very suspicious you don’t quote the whole thing but start literally in the middle of a sentence. It’s almost like you’re afraid to show the whole quote. Why is that?

> This is the same guy who attends Islamists celebrating the slaughter of Jews ("present but not involved" he claimed after photographs emerged).

Source.

>He calls the killers of Jews "friends".

Lol you mean Hamas. He didn’t say he’s friends with people who kills Jews. See you’re being dishonest.

>He came down like a ton of bricks against Sarah Champion (in whose constituency 1500 children had been raped by Muslims) but he interferes on behalf of antisemites in the Labour party in disciplinary investigations (c.f. Panorama).

Because those were all also shams.

>He has promoted antisemitic artwork

Which he apologized for and owned up to. I can respect that. Anti-semitism is so deeply ingrained into all of us just like all forms of racism. Unintentional displays of it might happen, but it’s whats you do with it and he did the right thing.

>and has been members of Facebook and Whatsapp groups that have among other things contained holocaust denial.

You’re a member of a subreddit where people say all sorts of awful things, like spreading white nationalist propaganda. I guess that makes you bad too, right?

u/Darth__KEK · 0 pointsr/JordanPeterson

The Tory vote went from 11m to 14m, Labour from 9m to 13m. The Tories got the same vote as 1994 (and under Thatcher) Labour tot the same vote as 1997. In other words these are likely "peak votes". No party will be increasing their vote at the next election, the winner will be the party who loses the least... and BoJo inspires his voter base. Corbyn's star has been fading.

And yes, he is a lifelong antisemite. The evidence is overwhelming. But if you want it in print here it is:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperialism-Study-J-Hobson/dp/0851247881

Corbyn wrote a forward to that book and it expressly claims the press and the financial markets are a conspiracy operated by Jews. For example:

>united by the strongest bonds of organization, always in closest and quickest touch with one as other, situated in the very heart of the business capital of every state, controlled, so far as Europe is concerned, by men of a single and peculiar race, who have behind them many centuries of financial experience, they are in a unique position to control the policy of nations.

>Does anyone seriously suppose that a great war could be undertaken by any European State, or a great State loan subscribed, if the house of Rothschild and its connections set their face against it?

This is the same guy who attends Islamists celebrating the slaughter of Jews ("present but not involved" he claimed after photographs emerged). He calls the killers of Jews "friends". He came down like a ton of bricks against Sarah Champion (in whose constituency 1500 children had been raped by Muslims) but he interferes on behalf of antisemites in the Labour party in disciplinary investigations (c.f. Panorama). He has promoted antisemitic artwork and has been members of Facebook and Whatsapp groups that have among other things contained holocaust denial.

If this was any other person in British politics on a different "team" to your you would not hesitate to call them for what they are: a racist hater of Jews.