Nazis and Left

Submitted by RB (Israel), Feb 20, 2005 at 16:32

I would like to agree with Mark (posted on February 15, 2005) in his definition of Nazis as a party with the roots on the left. It is not only the name of NSDAP - Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers Party) which denotes this fact. And it is not only the flag – a red one with a swastika inside of the white circle. There were also other things: the messianic visions of the new society (the "new order"), the only true and comprehensive theory (the racial one), vilification of capitalism and so on.
Turning back to Anti-Semitism and Left what should we think about Karl Marks being not "extremely right" but extremely anti-Semitic. And it is common knowledge that great Stalin dyed just prematurely to fulfill his great plans about Soviet Jewry.
Thus I am quite not surprised to see the Left bashing Jews and Israel.

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