Blatant proof that the American Socialist Workers Party betrayed its founder's " Trotskyism " for decades now !

The American Socialist Workers Party 's position on Israel today is a betrayal of its " Trotskyist " position circa 1972 . From its archived LETTERS : Anti-Semitism? " I have just received a copy of the Nov. 3 Militant and was talking with the man who was selling the paper. I had to question the seemingly anti-Israeli stance taken by some writers. While looking into your paper it may seem that there is antiSemitism for this very reason. The stances you take are against aggression; in domestic issues I cite Puerto Rico, Black and Chicano problems. However, in oppression of people in other countries, examples are cited in West Germany, Ceylon, and South Vietnam, but how about the oppression of Jews in the USSR? Do you fight against that oppression? You have attacked Israel but do not cite examples that Jews are suffering under oppression, as are other groups. Is this anti-Semitism? " P.E. Geneva, N. Y. In reply- { The Militant is opposed to the oppression of the Jewish minority in the Soviet Union, just as we are against all forms of antiSemitism. We are also unalterably opposed to Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people. The Israeli settlerstate had no right whatsoever to drive the Palestinians from their homeland. Nor does it have any right to terrorize the Palestinian minority within its borders or to attack refugee settlements ... "] Defend Israel’s right to exist as haven for Jews! Condemn Jew-hating pogrom! Call for cease-fire is support for Hamas – The Militant THEMILITANT.COM Defend Israel’s right to exist as haven for Jews! Condemn Jew-hating pogrom! Call for cease-fire is support for Hamas – The Militant Vol. 87/No. 45 December 4, 2023 Militant/Margaret TroweMarch 3 demonstration in San Francisco protesting rise in acts of Jew-hatred in the Bay Area Click on the links below to read news, opinion and background historical coverage of the events in Israel since Hamas launched its pogrom on October 7....