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Mikhail Bakunin and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon were founders of leftist movements who opposed Jewish influence in Europe.

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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
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Britannica identifies Proudhon and Bakunin as founders of 19th-century anarchism, a leftist movement, and multiple scholarly and reference sources document their antisemitic opposition to Jewish influence and domination in Europe. The claim matches the passage, which names Bakunin and Proudhon as founders of leftist movements opposed to Jewish domination of Europe.

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… Um So, this is a very young Karl Marx, and most Marxists try to pretend that he never wrote this. But, as I say at the very end of this paper, most of the founders, you know, Bakunin, Prudhon, several others, founders of leftist movements, all were vehemently opposed to the capital, the, the domination the Jews had over Europe. The statements that Karl Marx makes here are only made by us anymore. So, this kind of sticks out, even though, you know, I first came across it as a young man in his early manuscripts, and it's funny, because The Only Manuscripts is what the Frankfurt …
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What we found

Supports. Britannica states that Proudhon and Bakunin rank as the founders of 19th-century anarchism, a leftist movement.[1]

Supports. The Brill academic chapter reports that Proudhon and Bakunin expressed antisemitic attitudes, with Bakunin describing the 'whole Jewish world' as an 'exploitative sect' opposed to anarchist aims.[2]

Supports. The INSS report states that Proudhon and Bakunin depicted Jews as exploitative and contemptuous, citing Proudhon's view of Jews as 'parasitic' and Bakunin's description of Jews as 'a bloodsucking people'.[3]

Supports. The Encyclopedia.com entry describes Proudhon as an anti-Jewish theorist who accused Jews of influencing the bourgeoisie across Europe and called for their expulsion or extermination.[4]

Context. The sources document these figures' antisemitism as hostility toward Jews as an exploiting group, which fits the claim's 'opposed Jewish influence' framing; the post itself refers to 'the domination the Jews had over Europe'.[2][3][4]

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  1. 1Mikhail Bakunin | Russian Anarchist, Revolutionary ...britannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  2. 2Chapter 7 Moses and the Leftbrill.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
  3. 3[PDF] Left-Wing Antisemitism in the United States: Past and Present - INSSinss.org.il · not rated · cited for: supports, context
  4. 4Proudhon, Pierre Josephencyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context

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