Antiracist groups boycotted each other’s demonstrations over antisemitism and Islamophobia priorities

Evidence

In May, the MRAP and the LDH pulled out of a demonstration against a rise in antisemitic attacks, arguing that the demonstration should be ‘against antisemitism and against all racisms’, not only ‘against antisemitism’. Conversely, in November, the organisers of the May demonstration, SOS Racisme and the LICRA, refused to take part in a demonstration ‘against all racisms’, claiming that some of the Muslim groups participating were insufficiently clear in their condemnation of antisemitism. Certainly the November demonstration, as I experienced it, was far from achieving unity. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 1328

Categorization

• CANDY: The image of two allied antiracist organizations each refusing to attend the other’s rally is a compact, eyebrow-raising story point.