Given the recent incidents of anti-Semitism on the American left, the UK Labour Party's plodding collapse invites examination-and offers perhaps a grim warning to the American Democrat Party, which faces its own recent accusations of anti-Semitism.
How did the UK Labour Party begin bleeding members? The question is complicated and probably equal parts anti-Semitism within the party, a slow burn of widespread indifference amongst the electorate, and a dramatic shift in the makeup of the party's membership.
Unsurprisingly, the UK Labour Party and Corbyn have long been a fan-favorite of the American Democratic Party's hard-left wing, which sees the populist elements of Corbyn's rise as parallel to its own anti-establishment rhetoric.
Over the past several years American commentators have lauded the UK Labour Party aplenty as a model for the American Democratic Party, and a force to fight "Trumpism".
The slow implosion of the UK Labour Party is a reminder of where the American Democratic Party could be headed, if it allows its more volatile, hard-left progressive ranks to swallow the entire party.
Like the UK Labour Party, the anti-Semitism that remained on the fringe of progressive causes has crept into the formal institutions of the American Democratic Party.
Democrats aren't ready to come to terms with anti-Semitism within their own party, but if the UK Labour Party's slow collapse is any indication, they ought to before it's too late.
http://thefederalist.com/2019/02/25/uk-labor-partys-defections-anti-semitism-toll-warning-bell-u-s-democrats/
How did the UK Labour Party begin bleeding members? The question is complicated and probably equal parts anti-Semitism within the party, a slow burn of widespread indifference amongst the electorate, and a dramatic shift in the makeup of the party's membership.
Unsurprisingly, the UK Labour Party and Corbyn have long been a fan-favorite of the American Democratic Party's hard-left wing, which sees the populist elements of Corbyn's rise as parallel to its own anti-establishment rhetoric.
Over the past several years American commentators have lauded the UK Labour Party aplenty as a model for the American Democratic Party, and a force to fight "Trumpism".
The slow implosion of the UK Labour Party is a reminder of where the American Democratic Party could be headed, if it allows its more volatile, hard-left progressive ranks to swallow the entire party.
Like the UK Labour Party, the anti-Semitism that remained on the fringe of progressive causes has crept into the formal institutions of the American Democratic Party.
Democrats aren't ready to come to terms with anti-Semitism within their own party, but if the UK Labour Party's slow collapse is any indication, they ought to before it's too late.
http://thefederalist.com/2019/02/25/uk-labor-partys-defections-anti-semitism-toll-warning-bell-u-s-democrats/
No comments:
Post a Comment