And an invigorating and enjoyable third paper by @josephfinlay.bsky.social on the shift from forgetting to claiming Cable Street by the Jewish communal leadership.
@bengidley.bsky.socialReposted by @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social
Brendan McGeever
@brendanmcgeever.bsky.social
Co-Director, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism Author: 'Antisemitism & the Russian Revolution' (CUP 2019) and 'Britain in Fragments' with Satnam Virdee (MUP 2023) 2024-25 Cornell Visiting Professor, Swarthmore College
@bengidley.bsky.socialReposted by @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social@bengidley.bsky.socialReposted by @brendanmcgeever.bsky.socialFantastic paper by @liamliburd.bsky.social placing Cable Street back into history (instead of mythology), reflecting on imperialism, antisemitism and police racism.
@bengidley.bsky.socialReposted by @brendanmcgeever.bsky.socialGreat opening paper by Nadia Valman ( @cockneyyiddish.bsky.social) on youthfulness (and panics about it) as a key features of 1930s East End anti-fascism
@bengidley.bsky.socialReposted by @brendanmcgeever.bsky.socialMy colleague @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social introducing @bisa-bkk.bsky.social’s #CableSt90 event. Really looking forward to hearing the speakers and conversation.
@brendanmcgeever.bsky.socialSome words in the Guardian on the far-right National Conservatism conference taking place in Jerusalem today. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@brendanmcgeever.bsky.social"...and 2) the co-opting of this struggle for reactionary ends in the context of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which fuels antisemitism. A different approach to antisemitism is needed" (3/3)
@brendanmcgeever.bsky.socialFrom the event description: "We are facing a twofold challenge today: 1) the rise of antisemitism amid a broader shift toward the far right and the normalization of racism..." (2/3)
@brendanmcgeever.bsky.socialI'll be speaking at this colloquium tomorrow on antisemitism and anti-racism at the National Assembly in Paris, organised by
@deputeeobono.bsky.social and @gabriellecthl.bsky.social of La France Insoumise. (1/3)
@brendanmcgeever.bsky.social"...and 2) the co-opting of this struggle for reactionary ends in the context of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which fuels antisemitism. A different approach to antisemitism is needed" (3/3)
@brendanmcgeever.bsky.socialFrom the event description: "We are facing a twofold challenge today: 1) the rise of antisemitism amid a broader shift toward the far right and the normalization of racism..." (2/3)
@brendanmcgeever.bsky.socialI'll be speaking at this colloquium tomorrow on antisemitism and anti-racism at the National Assembly in Paris, organised by
@deputeeobono.bsky.social and @gabriellecthl.bsky.social of La France Insoumise. (1/3)
@brendanmcgeever.bsky.socialThe Battle of Cable Street ninety years on: the struggle against fascism and antisemitism, then and now.
With Nadia Valman, Liam Liburd (@liamliburd.bsky.social) and Joseph Finlay (@josephfinlay.bsky.social).
Join us at @bisa-bkk.bsky.social on 6/10. More info below:
bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/the-ba...