What has Marxism and Psychoanalysis in common? Well, they're both revolutionary ideologies that had a profound - some say beneficial, some say detrimental - influence on western society.
But also, at the heart of both these movements are charismatic, almost religious, figures. In the case of Psychoanalysis it was Sigmund Freud and in the case of Marxism it was Karl Marx, then Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. Moreover, these central figures were revered, had enormous influence and power to embrace those who pleased them and cast out (or worse), those who did not.
But what they also have in common is that these movements were founded and run, totally or near-totally, by Jews - and Godless Jews at that.
And there are more - the Frankfurt School, Multi-Culturalism and Neo-Conservatism to name but a few.
Could Tony Cliff, the man in the video below also be one of these crypto-rabbis?
You'll straightaway notice the accent and the tempo - He sounds like Gilad - also born in Palestine, though he also sounds like my Grandma whose never been near Palestine. He also sounds just like David Ben-Gurion with whom he had a lot in common - (See here)
But all this should come as no surprise since Tony Cliff was born, of Eastern European Jewish stock, in Palestine and with the name Yg'al Gluckstein. Over the years, in his writing, he used a number of pseudonyms - Roger Tennant, Sakhry, Lee Rock and Tony Cliff - but never did he use the name Yg'al Gluckstein.
So what's that got to do with it? Just because a man is born a Jew (and in Palestine) so what? Well, deciding so what is really what this post (and a lot of this blog) is about.
In his youth he joined the socialist Zionist group Hashomer Hatzair but again, does it matter? Well, so many neo-cons were once Trotskyists and so many dogmatic Jewish Marxists were once just-as-dogmatic Zionists, it could well matter.
And he married another Jew. Does this matter. I think it does.
I saw him speak a few times in the early nineties. Just as in this video he was engaging, imaginative, profound in his thinking and a fabulous communicator. Always the reluctant prophet, I remember his irritation with the ovations he would receive. Well, the mark of the true prophet is reluctance and, like all true egomaniacs he must have known that the very best way to get attention is to not want it.
By the way, at about 10 minutes into the clip Cliff discusses how, in 1977, the SWP formed the Anti-Nazi League against the National Front. It's a brilliant exposition of strategy but note amongst all the good-humoured confidence he says: "Now, what is the policy of the Anti-Nazi League? Quite simply: They don't accept democratic rights...so they shouldn't have any democratic rights.
You may want to consider that statement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XOcAW64kAQ
But also, at the heart of both these movements are charismatic, almost religious, figures. In the case of Psychoanalysis it was Sigmund Freud and in the case of Marxism it was Karl Marx, then Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. Moreover, these central figures were revered, had enormous influence and power to embrace those who pleased them and cast out (or worse), those who did not.
But what they also have in common is that these movements were founded and run, totally or near-totally, by Jews - and Godless Jews at that.
And there are more - the Frankfurt School, Multi-Culturalism and Neo-Conservatism to name but a few.
Could Tony Cliff, the man in the video below also be one of these crypto-rabbis?
You'll straightaway notice the accent and the tempo - He sounds like Gilad - also born in Palestine, though he also sounds like my Grandma whose never been near Palestine. He also sounds just like David Ben-Gurion with whom he had a lot in common - (See here)
But all this should come as no surprise since Tony Cliff was born, of Eastern European Jewish stock, in Palestine and with the name Yg'al Gluckstein. Over the years, in his writing, he used a number of pseudonyms - Roger Tennant, Sakhry, Lee Rock and Tony Cliff - but never did he use the name Yg'al Gluckstein.
So what's that got to do with it? Just because a man is born a Jew (and in Palestine) so what? Well, deciding so what is really what this post (and a lot of this blog) is about.
In his youth he joined the socialist Zionist group Hashomer Hatzair but again, does it matter? Well, so many neo-cons were once Trotskyists and so many dogmatic Jewish Marxists were once just-as-dogmatic Zionists, it could well matter.
And he married another Jew. Does this matter. I think it does.
I saw him speak a few times in the early nineties. Just as in this video he was engaging, imaginative, profound in his thinking and a fabulous communicator. Always the reluctant prophet, I remember his irritation with the ovations he would receive. Well, the mark of the true prophet is reluctance and, like all true egomaniacs he must have known that the very best way to get attention is to not want it.
By the way, at about 10 minutes into the clip Cliff discusses how, in 1977, the SWP formed the Anti-Nazi League against the National Front. It's a brilliant exposition of strategy but note amongst all the good-humoured confidence he says: "Now, what is the policy of the Anti-Nazi League? Quite simply: They don't accept democratic rights...so they shouldn't have any democratic rights.
You may want to consider that statement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XOcAW64kAQ