{"product_id":"the-anti-defamation-league-and-the-racial-state-9780520410442","title":"The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first-ever history of the Anti-Defamation League and its determined, century-long alliance with Western empire.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is a major US political organization, yet its politics have gone largely unexamined. While the ADL is often portrayed as a defender against antisemitism and racism, its history shows that it is better understood as a proponent of the racial state and US empire. From \"correcting\" the embarrassing racial difference of immigrant Jews to policing the leftist politics of Black, Arab, and Jewish groups, the ADL pursued a conservative version of civil rights paired with aggressive anti-communism. Even as it became an authority on white nationalism in the 1970s, the ADL joined with the emerging anti-left, anti-Arab, and pro-Western neoconservative movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ​This history presaged the ADL's work, from the 1980s to the present, in developing the hate crimes framework as a pro-state policing project, which soon merged with the \"War on Terror,\" the \"antisemitism scare,\" and anti-Palestinian racism. \u003ci\u003eThe Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State \u003c\/i\u003epresents the ADL's history through its conflicts with social justice movements, illuminating the ADL's outsize role in shaping the ideas about race and rights that have underwritten US empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520410442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Emmaia Gelman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52472971231413,"sku":"9780520410442","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_dbd404c4-8371-47fc-9718-305b735d062b.jpg?v=1777444903","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-anti-defamation-league-and-the-racial-state-9780520410442","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}