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Jewish Socialists' Group

The Jewish Socialists' Group (JSG) is a Jewish socialist collective in Britain, formed in the 1970s.

Jewish Socialists' Group
AbbreviationJSG
Formation1970s
Location
  • Great Britain
AffiliationsInternational Jewish Labor Bund (defunct)
Websitejewishsocialist.org.uk

History edit

JSG was founded in Manchester/Liverpool in 1974–1977 as a lobby group campaigning against the fascist National Front and for the left to relate more positively to Jewish issues. A London branch formed in 1977.[1] They describe themselves as a political organisation campaigning for Jewish rights and the rights of all oppressed minorities in building a socialist future.[2]

The JSG supported the original Anti-Nazi League and was active in street-level militant anti-fascism. It participated in the Beyond the Fragments conference which sought to renew democratic socialism. In the early 1980s, it was active in campaigning for peace in Israel/Palestine.

It developed a perspective via drawing on the tradition of the Bund, stressing Yiddishism, cultural pluralism and a commitment to the vitality of the diaspora.

In the mid-1980s, it became associated with the Greater London Council's municipal socialism and multiculturalism, receiving funding to launch Jewish Cultural and Anti-Racist Project (JCARP). Additionally, it was frequently in conflict with the Jewish communal leadership and in particular, the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (AJEX).

The JSG has been critical of allegations of antisemitism in the Labour Party, stating in April 2016:

Accusations of anti-Semitism are currently being weaponised to attack the Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour party with claims that Labour has a 'problem' of anti-Semitism... This is despite Corbyn's longstanding record of actively opposing fascism and all forms of racism, and being a firm a supporter of the rights of refugees and of human rights globally.[3]

In 2021, when the owners of the Pink Peacock were charged with a breach of the peace in response to them displaying tote bags with the phrase "Fuck the Police/Daloy Politsey" on them, the JSG sent a message of solidarity:

The Jewish Socialists' Group sends solidarity to comrades of the Pink Peacock Queer Yiddish Anarchist café after the recent attacks you have experienced against your premises... Daloy Politsey (Down With the Police) was sung on demonstrations by our political forebears as part of their courageous collective struggle against antisemitism and state repression in Tsarist Russia. At the Jewish Socialists' Group's annual secular socialist Seder Nights we continue this tradition and sing the chorus with the modern colloquial translation popularised by Geoff Berner.[4]

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Publications edit

A magazine, Jewish Socialist, was launched in 1985 and continues publication today.[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "About - Jewish Socialists' Group". www.jewishsocialist.org.uk.
  2. ^ "About - Jewish Socialists' Group". www.jewishsocialist.org.uk.
  3. ^ Parker, George (28 April 2016). "Corbyn under pressure to stamp out Labour party anti-Semitism". Financial Times. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Daloy Politsey | Jewish Socialists' Group". www.jewishsocialist.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  5. ^ "Jewish Socialist - Jewish Socialists' Group". www.jewishsocialist.org.uk.

External links edit

  • Official website  

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