Antisemitism and the University of London: Statement by David Hirsh | Fathom

A debate is raging at Goldsmiths, University of London after the President of the Student Union tweeted that David Hirsh – a senior lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, a Jew, a lifelong anti-racist, an expert on antisemitism, author of Contemporary Left Antisemitism, and an advisory editor of this journal – is a ‘far right white supremacist’. The local branch of the lecturers trade union, the UCU, expressed its ‘full solidarity’ with the SU President, declaring ‘we are 100% behind you’. The University has now announced an independent review into antisemitism at the college. This is David Hirsh’s response of 26 June to that announcement.