London Socialist Historians Group
5th April
Media Release
Socialist Historians defend David Rosenberg after Daily Mail smear story
The London Socialist Historians Group, a collective of research historians who organise the socialist history seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, has defended radical historian David Rosenberg after the Daily Mail ran a smear story about him on 5th April.
The story was typical of the Mail genre. It did not include any evidence that Mr Rosenberg was associated with supposed and alleged anti-Semitic views. Rather it was concerned that he had sat next to Jeremy Corbyn at a recent event and was not an enthusiast for the current Israeli Government.
The historians say that Mr Rosenberg is a well-known Jewish socialist historian with an impressive record of recovering the working-class history of the radical East End of London. Some of this is detailed in his book Rebel Footprints (Pluto 2015).
LSHG Convenor Keith Flett said, 'the Mail story is beneath contempt, although that is hardly news, For a paper with a track record of anti-Semitism in the 1930s to attempt to smear a distinguished Jewish socialist historian such as David Rosenberg is the journalism of the gutter. We hope Mr Rosenberg will speak at a future socialist history seminar on the radical East End of London. It is a history that still speaks to us today'
Review of Rebel Footprints in the Guardian
Guardian article by David Rosenberg on Cable Street
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