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The anti-imperialism of idiots

Read spiked editor Mick Hume in The Times (London).

Mick Hume

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Read spiked editor Mick Hume in The Times (London), 22 April 2002:

A century ago the German socialist August Bebel denounced attacks on ‘Jewish capitalism’ as ‘the socialism of fools’. By the same token, many of the criticisms of Israel today look like the anti-imperialism of idiots.

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