- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Awakenings
- Part II In Struggle
- 6 “Strong, Firm, and Correct Propaganda” (1886)
- 7 “Socialism Is Not a Dream” (1888)
- 8 The Birth of the Knee-Pants Makers’ Union (memoir; 1924)
- 9 “The Whole City Seethed” (1892)
- 10 Working Women Unite (1893–1894)
- 11 The Attempted Assassination of Henry Clay Frick (memoir; 1912)
- 12 The Prophet Karl Marx (c. 1910s)
- 13 “Our Mecca” (memoir; n.d.)
- 14 “The Right to Control Birth” (1916)
- 15 A Personal and Confidential Letter to Louis Marshall (1917)
- 16 Gangsters and Socialists on Election Day (memoir; 1944)
- 17 “If I Were a Colored Man What Would I Do?” (1919)
- 18 The Meaning of Labor Day (1921)
- 19 An Encounter with a Klansman (memoir; n.d.)
- 20 Communist “Criminals” in Los Angeles (1929)
- 21 “Unions with Brains” (1930)
- 22 In Defense of the Kentucky Miners (1932)
- 23 “The Obligations of Youth Today” (1932)
- 24 “Some Vital Problems of Negro Labor” (1935)
- 25 “Charlatans and Gangsters and Pompous Racketeers” (1938)
- 26 “With Nazism We All Are at War” (1942)
- Part III Life of the Mind
- Part IV The Russian Revolution
- Part V The Question of Zionism
- Recommended Reading on Jewish Radicals
- Index
- About the Editor
“Our Mecca” (memoir; n.d.)
“Our Mecca” (memoir; n.d.)
- Chapter:
- (p.99) 13 “Our Mecca” (memoir; n.d.)
- Source:
- Jewish Radicals
- Author(s):
Isadore Wisotsky
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
This chapter is a portrait of Union Square, a hotbed of radical activity in the early decades of the twentieth century. Union Square is located where Broadway meets Fourth Avenue and crosses 17th and 14th Streets. The area attracted a crowd of immigrants and every kind of radical and nonconformist intellectual, but the heart of the assembly was that of the labor force—the working people, registering their awareness of the troubles of the world. It was the venue for demonstrations and persuasive speakers arguing on the issue of the moment, generally to crowds of 20,000 or more. Sometimes, the police made surprising sneak arrests at these mass demonstrations. For most of its history, however, Union Square was a place of peaceful assembly; noisy with cheers, boisterous with enthusiasm, but otherwise peaceable.
Keywords: Union Square, radical activity, early twentieth century, labor force, mass demonstrations
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Awakenings
- Part II In Struggle
- 6 “Strong, Firm, and Correct Propaganda” (1886)
- 7 “Socialism Is Not a Dream” (1888)
- 8 The Birth of the Knee-Pants Makers’ Union (memoir; 1924)
- 9 “The Whole City Seethed” (1892)
- 10 Working Women Unite (1893–1894)
- 11 The Attempted Assassination of Henry Clay Frick (memoir; 1912)
- 12 The Prophet Karl Marx (c. 1910s)
- 13 “Our Mecca” (memoir; n.d.)
- 14 “The Right to Control Birth” (1916)
- 15 A Personal and Confidential Letter to Louis Marshall (1917)
- 16 Gangsters and Socialists on Election Day (memoir; 1944)
- 17 “If I Were a Colored Man What Would I Do?” (1919)
- 18 The Meaning of Labor Day (1921)
- 19 An Encounter with a Klansman (memoir; n.d.)
- 20 Communist “Criminals” in Los Angeles (1929)
- 21 “Unions with Brains” (1930)
- 22 In Defense of the Kentucky Miners (1932)
- 23 “The Obligations of Youth Today” (1932)
- 24 “Some Vital Problems of Negro Labor” (1935)
- 25 “Charlatans and Gangsters and Pompous Racketeers” (1938)
- 26 “With Nazism We All Are at War” (1942)
- Part III Life of the Mind
- Part IV The Russian Revolution
- Part V The Question of Zionism
- Recommended Reading on Jewish Radicals
- Index
- About the Editor
