Jewish, and even claimed that the Rothschilds were in league with Marx. Left-wing Jews, he said, had one foot in the communist movement and the other in the bank.

Anarchist (Libertarian Socialist) Ulli Diemer supplies the following translation:

Bakunin on Marx and Rothschild

“Himself a Jew, Marx has around him, in London and France, but especially in Germany, a multitude of more or less clever, intriguing, mobile, speculating Jews, such as Jews are every where: commercial or banking ‘agents, writers, politicians, correspondents for newspapers of al shades, with ‘one foot in the bank, the other in the socialist movement, and with their behinds sitting on the German daily press — they have taken possession of all the newspapers — and you can imagine what kind of sickening literature they produce. Now, this entire Jewish world, which forms a single profitering sect, 4 people of bloodsuckers, a single gluttonnous parasite, closely and intimately united not only across national borders but across all differences of political

‘opinion — this Jewish world today stands for the most part at the disposal of Mare and at the same time at the disposal of Rothschild. I am certain that Rothschild for his part greatly values the merits of Marx, and that Marx for his part feels instinctive attraction and great respect for Rothschild. This may seem strange. What can there be in common between Communism and the large banks? Oh! The Communism of Marx seeks enormous centralization in the state, and where such exists, there must inevitably be a central state bank, and where such a bank exists, the parasitic Jewish nation, which. speculates on the work of the people, will always find a way to prevail … .” (Bakunin, 1871/1924, pp. 204-216) To modern ears, this sounds antisemitic as well as an overstatement. But Theodore Herzl, one of the main founders of Zionism, confirmed the connection between Jewish Bankers and

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