Antiglobalism’s Jewish Problem
Mark Strauss (2003). Foreign Policy. Reproduced on YaleGlobal.
This article places the recent eruption of antisemitism within the context of a backlash against globalisation that appeals to elements from across the political spectrum. It is argued that the search for a cause for modern anxiety about global trends lends itself to conspiracy theory and the identification of a hidden controlling hand. Fitting this bill, the new antisemitism is thus seen to bring together key elements of traditional antisemitic discourse from the far right (Jews as a fifth column, undermining economic and national culture) and the far left (capitalists and usurers, controlling the international economic system).