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January 26th, 2017 | #1 |
The Epitome of Evil
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The Angry Brigade and the Jews
The Angry Brigade and the Jews The Angry Brigade was a small left-wing radical group that conducted a campaign of terror against British society between 1970 and 1972. These terror attacks included the attempted assassination of a British cabinet minister in January 1971 (1) as well as numerous bombings of banks and embassies. They were in essence the British equivalent of the famous Baader-Meinhof gang. (2) The interesting thing about the Angry Brigade is, aside from spouting the usual anarchist drivel, that they actually have a somewhat tangential connection to jewry. This in the form of Anna Mendleson [often misspelled as Mendelson], who hailed from a middle-class jewish home, (3) who was a key member of the core group of six people. (4) These were: John Barker Chris Bott Stuart Christie Hilary Creek Jane Greenfield Anna Mendleson Of these only Mendleson is, as far as I can work out, jewish. However John Barker also has a rather interesting connection in that he is very soft ideologically-speaking for a left-winger and an anarchist on the question of Israel and its imperialism. (5) In 1988 he was involved with Israeli and Lebanese criminals in smuggling £5 million cannabis around the world. (6) The question of how much jewishness impacted the Angry Brigade’s activities and ideals is an open one, but I thought I would highlight the Brigade’s jewish and Israeli connections for all to see. References (1) Fergus Linnane, 2003, ‘The Encyclopaedia of London Crime & Vice’, 1st Edition, Sutton: Stroud, p. 7 (2) https://www.theguardian.com/theobser...res.magazine27 (3) http://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/9w0wq9; https://www.theguardian.com/theobser...res.magazine27 (4) Cf. Gordon Carr, 2010, ‘The Angry Brigade: A History of Britain’s First Urban Guerrilla Group’, 1st Edition, PM Press: Oakland (5) http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/resis...ts-own-reward/ (6) https://www.theguardian.com/theobser...res.magazine27 -------------------------------------------------- This was originally published at the following address: http://bit.ly/2jiLC3w
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