Yes Bakunin was anti-semitic (it is not central to his works as is often claimed) but his worst outburst came from Marx and Engles ecpliticly calling for imperialism against Slavs (Bakunin also disagreed when they did the same for Mexico, idk if he knew thier comments on India)

This is not to justify bakunins anti-semitism (something I have honestly never seen an anarchist do) but to question why that contradiction is seen as so much more important than Marx’s continued flirting with justification for imperialism as historically necessary for socialism.

Like in that debate neither looks particularly good and using it to score points is stupid. Instead you should learn from the better aspects of both, anti-imperialism from Bakunin and communism from Marx but reject the anti-semitism of Bakunin and the imperialism of Marx+Engles.

Engels in the Neue Rheinische Zeitung of February 1849 (edited by Marx) trying to shame Bakunin for having the correct opinion on the Mexican-American war:

Engles on Slavs:

Marx on the Slavs:

Engles on Java:

Marx on India: