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THE MOVEMENT AND THE MIDDLE E AS T This page intentionally left blank T H E M O V E M E N T A N D T H E M I D D L E E A S T How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Divided the American Left Michael R. Fischbach Stanford University Press Stanford, California Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2020 by Michael R. Fischbach. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any informa- tion storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Fischbach, Michael R., author. Title: The Movement and the Middle East : how the Arab-Israeli conflict divided the American Left / Michael R. Fischbach. Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019012962 (print) | LCCN 2019013916 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503611078 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503610446 (cloth: alk. paper) | ISBN 9781503611061 (pbk.: alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Arab-Israeli conflict—1967–1973—Foreign public opinion, American. | New Left—United States—History—20th century. | Israel—Foreign public opinion, American. Classification: LCC DS119.7 (ebook) | LCC DS119.7 .F564 2019 (print) | DDC 956.04/81—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019012962 Jacket design: Kevin Barrett Kane For Lisa, Tara and Adnan, Grace, and Sophia This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Acronyms ix Prologue 1 1. The Times They Are a-Changin’: The New Left and Revolutionary Internationalism 9 2. Conflict in the Ivory Tower: Campus Activism 25 3. (Fellow) Travelers: Left-Wing Youth in the Middle East 40 4. Israel Exceptionalism: Jewish Attacks on the New Left 58 5. Theory and Praxis: The Old Left against Israel 74 6. Ghost of Revolution Past: Conflicted Communists 91 7. We’re Not Gonna Take It: The Socialist Lurch toward Israel 107 8. Give Peace a Chance? The Ambivalent Anti–Vietnam War Movement 120 9. After the Storm: Divergent Left-Wing Paths 136 10. The Shadow of the Cold War: Continued Pro-Israeli Pushback 153 vii viii Contents 11. Taking Root: The New Thinking Goes Mainstream 168 12. Identity Politics and Intersectionality: Feminism and Zionism 184 Epilogue 201 Acknowledgments 207 Notes 209 Bibliography 245 Index 277 Acronyms AAUG Association of Arab-American University Graduates AAWO Alliance Against Women’s Oppression AFFP American Friends of Free Palestine AFSC American Friends Service Committee ASU American Servicemen’s Union AZYF American Zionist Youth Foundation BARU Bay Area Revolutionary Union BDS Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement CIA Central Intelligence Agency CLP Communist Labor Party CONAME Committee on New Alternatives in the Middle East CPME Committee for a Progressive Middle East CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union CPUSA Communist Party of the United States of America; Communist Party USA CRV Committee of Returned Volunteers CSMEL Committee to Support Middle East Liberation DSA Democratic Socialists of America DSOC Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FOR Fellowship of Reconciliation FSLN Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional ix
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