The folly of cancelling historical figures
A peculiar German example of an attempt to cancel long-dead anti-Semites
Daniel Ben-Ami
from London / 304 postsI am responsible for the Radicalism of Fools site. My current focus is anti-Semitism but I have specialised in several different topics as a journalist. Email me at daniel@radicalismoffools.com
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