About this episode
Emmaia Gelman discusses the Anti-Defamation League's history of targeting leftist movements and its implications.
Scholar Emmaia Gelman reflects on the Anti-Defamation League’s long history of targeting the left in the United States and abroad. She describes the purported civil right group’s involvement in the Red Scare, its surveillance of left organizations, and role in branding as antisemitic those who criticize Israel. Emmaia Gelman, The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State UC Press, 2026 The post The Anti-Defamation League and the Left appeared first on KPFA.
People in this episode
Guest: Emmaia Gelman
Topics covered
- Anti-Defamation League
- leftist movements
- civil rights
- surveillance
- Israel criticism
Keywords
- Anti-Defamation League
- Emmaia Gelman
- left
- civil rights
- surveillance
- Israel
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Anti-Defamation League
Books & works: The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State
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