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US dissident intellectual and left-wing activist Noam Chomsky (left) and (right) Derby North MP Chris Williamson
US DISSIDENT intellectual and left-wing activist Professor Noam Chomsky has spoken out against the attacks on Derby North MP Chris Williamson, saying bogus anti-semitism charges are an insult to its real victims.
Replying to questions from British author and journalist Matt Kennard, Professor Chomsky said: “The way charges of anti-semitism are being used in Britain to undermine the Corbyn-led Labour Party is not only a disgrace but also … an insult to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
“The charges against Chris Williamson are a case in point. There is nothing even remotely anti-semitic in his statement that Labour has ‘given too much ground’ and been ‘too apologetic’ in defending its record of addressing ‘the scourge of anti-semitism’ beyond that of any other party, as he himself had done, on public platforms and in the streets.”
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