Ben Lorber

Ben Lorber works for Political Research Associates, a progressive think tank, as a Research Analyst focusing on antisemitism and white nationalism. Lorber has worked as an organizer, writer, and movement-builder for over a decade. He has written extensively on matters of Jewish history and identity, Middle East peace, and other justice issues for a variety of outlets, including Jacobin, Al Jazeera, In These Times, the Jewish Daily Forward, Haaretz, and more. He blogs at doikayt.com.

History/Theology, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeMay 1, 2019

The Resurgence of Right-Wing Anti-Semitic Conspiracism Endangers All Justice Movements

By Ben Lorber

In right-wing circles, theories about cultural Marxism in the era of Trumpism come entangled with other anti-Semitic theories, often arguing that George Soros and a shadowy “globalist” cabal are working to dissolve national borders and sovereignty into a totalitarian-communist “New World Order.”