From the Cold War to University Campuses Today: Antizionist Discourse

Wed Feb 25 2026 at 04:30 pm to 06:00 pm UTC-05:00

S354, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street | Cambridge

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Publisher/HostDavis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
From the Cold War to University Campuses Today: Antizionist Discourse
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Izabella Tabarovsky traces the trajectory of contemporary antizionism from Cold War USSR to the present.
About this Event

One of the most striking aspects of contemporary antizionist discourse is the extent to which it reproduces the slogans, tropes, and explanatory logic of Soviet propaganda. From equations of Zionism with Nazism, fascism, racism, imperialism, and colonialism to claims that Israel is a genocidal, apartheid state, the contemporary demonization of Zionism and Israel by the anti-Israel left follows familiar patterns born during the Cold War to serve the USSR’s geopolitical objectives. In this talk, Izabella Tabarovsky traces the trajectory of contemporary antizionism from Cold War USSR to the 1970s-80s global left, the postcolonial Third World, the UN and university campuses today.

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S354, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, United States

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