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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Awakenings
- 1 “When I Went Home I Was Aflame” (memoir; c. 1925)
- 2 “I Saw a New World Opening Before Me” (memoir; 1931)
- 3 The World of Socialism and Revolution (memoir; 1963)
- 4 “Rebellion Raged within Me” (memoir; 1948)
- 5 “It Wasn’t Difficult for Me to Reject Judaism” (memoir; 1965)
- 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
- 27 “Their Intense Desire to Study” (1893)
- 28 The Power of Speech and Education (1893)
- 29 “For That, We Found Time” (interview; 1965)
- 30 A Lower East Side Vacation (1903)
- 31 “Jewish Working People … Have Lost All Interest in the Synagogue” (1905)
- 32 “Peripatetic Philosophers” (1910)
- 33 Yiddish Lectures in Philadelphia (1916)
- 34 “A Language That He Wants to and Must Forget” (1918)
- 35 “America’s Most Interesting Daily” (1922)
- 36 “The Strongest Weapons in the Hands of Jewish Workers” (1924)
- 37 The Aims of Workers’ Education (1926)
- 38 Sexual Relations from a Communist Standpoint (1928)
- 39 “Sow the Field of Yiddish Cultural Tradition” (1939)
- 40 “The Responsibility of English-Speaking Jewish Intellectuals” (1946)
- Part IV The Russian Revolution
- 41 In Honor of Red Sunday (1906)
- 42 Leon Trotsky on Second Avenue (memoir; 1944)
- 43 “These Glad Days of Russian Freedom” (1917)
- 44 New York Socialists Contribute to Chaos in Russia (1917)
- 45 “The New Man” (1921)
- 46 Communism and Freedom of Speech (1925)
- 47 A Revolutionary Returns (1929)
- 48 Building Communism in the Ukraine (interview, 1981–1982)
- 49 “G.P.U. Intrigues in America” (1938)
- 50 Fighting Stalinists and Chasing Girls (memoir; 1965)
- 51 The Murder of Ehrlich and Alter (1943)
- 52 The Soviet Union Reappraised (1956)
- Part V The Question of Zionism
- 53 “The Whole Thing Is Ridiculous” (1906)
- 54 “The Jewish Militant” (1906)
- 55 Zionism and Transnationalism (1916)
- 56 “Should We Change Our Stance toward Zionism?” (1918)
- 57 “The Pogroms in Palestine” (1929)
- 58 A Revolt of the Oppressed Arab Masses (1929)
- 59 “Jew and Arab” (1934)
- 60 “Give Up the Illusion of Building a Jewish Homeland” (1936)
- 61 Jewish Upbuilding Is Revolutionizing Palestine (1939)
- 62 “The Jewish Problem Will Be Solved as Soon as the Jews Again Become a Normal Nation” (1943)
- 63 The Final Emancipation of the Jews Is the Struggle for Socialism (1946)
- 64 Jewish National Aspirations Are Not a Violation of Marxist Principles (1947)
- 65 Israel and the World Struggle for Peace and Democracy (1948)
- Recommended Reading on Jewish Radicals
- Index
- About the Editor
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- Jewish Radicals
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Awakenings
- 1 “When I Went Home I Was Aflame” (memoir; c. 1925)
- 2 “I Saw a New World Opening Before Me” (memoir; 1931)
- 3 The World of Socialism and Revolution (memoir; 1963)
- 4 “Rebellion Raged within Me” (memoir; 1948)
- 5 “It Wasn’t Difficult for Me to Reject Judaism” (memoir; 1965)
- 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
- 27 “Their Intense Desire to Study” (1893)
- 28 The Power of Speech and Education (1893)
- 29 “For That, We Found Time” (interview; 1965)
- 30 A Lower East Side Vacation (1903)
- 31 “Jewish Working People … Have Lost All Interest in the Synagogue” (1905)
- 32 “Peripatetic Philosophers” (1910)
- 33 Yiddish Lectures in Philadelphia (1916)
- 34 “A Language That He Wants to and Must Forget” (1918)
- 35 “America’s Most Interesting Daily” (1922)
- 36 “The Strongest Weapons in the Hands of Jewish Workers” (1924)
- 37 The Aims of Workers’ Education (1926)
- 38 Sexual Relations from a Communist Standpoint (1928)
- 39 “Sow the Field of Yiddish Cultural Tradition” (1939)
- 40 “The Responsibility of English-Speaking Jewish Intellectuals” (1946)
- Part IV The Russian Revolution
- 41 In Honor of Red Sunday (1906)
- 42 Leon Trotsky on Second Avenue (memoir; 1944)
- 43 “These Glad Days of Russian Freedom” (1917)
- 44 New York Socialists Contribute to Chaos in Russia (1917)
- 45 “The New Man” (1921)
- 46 Communism and Freedom of Speech (1925)
- 47 A Revolutionary Returns (1929)
- 48 Building Communism in the Ukraine (interview, 1981–1982)
- 49 “G.P.U. Intrigues in America” (1938)
- 50 Fighting Stalinists and Chasing Girls (memoir; 1965)
- 51 The Murder of Ehrlich and Alter (1943)
- 52 The Soviet Union Reappraised (1956)
- Part V The Question of Zionism
- 53 “The Whole Thing Is Ridiculous” (1906)
- 54 “The Jewish Militant” (1906)
- 55 Zionism and Transnationalism (1916)
- 56 “Should We Change Our Stance toward Zionism?” (1918)
- 57 “The Pogroms in Palestine” (1929)
- 58 A Revolt of the Oppressed Arab Masses (1929)
- 59 “Jew and Arab” (1934)
- 60 “Give Up the Illusion of Building a Jewish Homeland” (1936)
- 61 Jewish Upbuilding Is Revolutionizing Palestine (1939)
- 62 “The Jewish Problem Will Be Solved as Soon as the Jews Again Become a Normal Nation” (1943)
- 63 The Final Emancipation of the Jews Is the Struggle for Socialism (1946)
- 64 Jewish National Aspirations Are Not a Violation of Marxist Principles (1947)
- 65 Israel and the World Struggle for Peace and Democracy (1948)
- Recommended Reading on Jewish Radicals
- Index
- About the Editor
