Fathom > January 2025

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Trotskyist reverberations: antisemitism, Stalinism, liberalism (Preface to 'Mapping the New Left Antisemitism: The Fathom Essays')

By David Hirsh
 This preface begins with a consideration of the common political heritage, in Trotskyism, of the editor and creator... Read more > January 2025

Alan Johnson: In Appreciation

By Fathom Editors
 Professor Alan Johnson conceived and founded Fathom in 2012 to make a balanced and expert case for rejecting... Read more > January 2025

A Communist’s Pro-Israel Protest to the Polish Communist Party, Sept. 1967

By Philip Earl Steele
 War rages between Israel and its neighbours. Much of Europe’s public opinion turns against the Jewish state, and... Read more > January 2025

Book Review | Forest of Noise

By Joe Lockard
 Mosab Abu Toha’s recent volume of poetry, Forest of Noise (Knopf 2024), has excited much complimentary attention as... Read more > January 2025

Campus Protests and Deferred Maintenance

By Michael Feuer
 Michael Feuer argues that the eruption of protests against Israel after 7 October sounded the alarm of resurgent... Read more > January 2025

The Nazification of the Postmodernist Left

By Shalom Lappin
 Shalom Lappin is the author of The New Antisemitism: The Resurgence of an Ancient Hatred in the Modern... Read more > January 2025

We tried to make peace without knowing how: Towards a new paradigm in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking

By Meredith Rothbart
 Meredith Rothbart is co-founder and CEO of Amal-Tikva. Here, she argues for a new paradigm in Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding,... Read more > January 2025

The London Initiative: Partnering to Re-Connect Democracy, Fairness and Peace for a Better Shared Future

By Sir Mick Davis & Mike Prashker
 Sir Mick Davis and Mike Prashker explain the rationale behind their newly launched London Initiative, which aims to... Read more > January 2025

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