Momentum says: read Steve Cohen’s book!
Momentum’s official Twitter account, followed by 120,000 people, has tweeted a link to the online text of That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Antisemitic , a 1984 book by Jewish socialist Steve Cohen analysing left antisemitism. Momentum’s tweet is extremely welcome. A political-educational campaign to confront left antisemitism is urgently needed within the Labour Party, and Cohen’s book is one of the best and most accessible texts on the topic. A drive by Momentum groups to organise reading groups or workshops around the text would be an excellent initiative. Steve Cohen, who died in 2009, was a...