John Rose (socialist)

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{{Short description|British socialist and anti-Zionist (1945–2024)}}

John Rose (1945 – 30 October 2024) was a British socialist and anti-Zionist Jew who taught sociology at Southwark College and London Metropolitan University.{{cite web | title = Profile page: John Rose | url = https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745320557/the-myths-of-zionism/ | website = www.plutobooks.com | publisher = Pluto | access-date = 2 November 2024}} After growing up in Harrogate as a Zionist in 1966 he went to the London School of Economics where he met Tony Cliff and was recruited to the International Socialists, later the Socialist Workers Party (UK) in 1967 amid discussions around the Six Day War.{{cite web | title = Debate sparked by Six Day War 1967 transformed a generation | url = https://socialistworker.co.uk/features/debate-sparked-by-six-day-war-1967-transformed-a-generation | website = www.socialistworker.co.uk | publisher = Socialist Worker | access-date = 2 November 2024}} He was one of the London Recruits who undertook anti-apartheid work as a student in South Africa under the direction of the ANC. In the late 1970s he was an editor of Socialist Worker for a period.{{cite web | title = John Rose: An inspiration for revolutionaries | url = https://socialistworker.co.uk/obituaries/john-rose-an-inspiration-for-revolutionaries | website = www.socialistworker.co.uk | publisher = Socialist Worker | access-date = 2 November 2024}}

Rose was a tireless campaigner for Palestinian rights and the author of numerous articles and the book The Myths of Zionism. He attended and spoke at the Cairo Anti-war Conference in the mid-2000s. He completed his PhD on Workers Power and the failure of Communism at King's College London in 2020.{{cite web | title = thesis| url = https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/studentTheses/workers-power-and-the-failure-of-communism | website = www.kclpure.kcl.ac.uk | publisher = King's College London | access-date = 2 November 2024}} He died from renal failure on 30 October 2024, at the age of 79.{{cite web | title = John Rose obituary | url = https://www.counterfire.org/article/john-rose-a-revolutionary-life/ | website = www.counterfire.org | publisher = Counterfire | access-date = 2 November 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Milotte |first1=Mike |title=John Rose obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/09/john-rose-obituary |access-date=10 December 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=9 December 2024}}