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Women have always played a noticeable role in the Bund movement. Even at the dawn of the Jewish labor movement they were distinguished by their number and activity. The mass movement in Vilna began…
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Anna Rozental
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1937
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Bearing in mind:
that the course of capitalist development in those states in which Jews reside is not creating for them the kind of economic conditions that could lead to the…
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The Bund
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Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1905
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It is not uncommon to find children of Jewish socialists with first names like “William Morris,” “Lassalle,” or “Bebel.” But we will definitely not find any children named after Karl Marx.
Morris…
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Borukh Charney-Vladek
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New York, United States of America
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1918
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As socialists, we strive to overthrow the existing order, which is based on economic and political slavery, and to create on its ruins that collectivized state which alone can guarantee the full and…
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Unknown
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Kiev, Russian Empire
(Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1904
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In his book Ha-metsaref [The Purifier], vol. II §182, Rabbi Moses Kunitz wrote:
The term am ha-arets [lit., “People of the Land,” often meaning boors] was applied to people of various dispositions…
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Eliezer Zweifel
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Glukhov, Russian Empire
(Hlukhiv, Ukraine)
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1885
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Gentlemen! Although I do not for a minute doubt that the majority of those present here know of the great worldwide workers’ holiday of “May 1st,” I nevertheless do not consider it redundant to remind…
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Unknown
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Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1892
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The Bund has inscribed on its banner the demand for equal civil rights for the Jews. At the Convention the opinion was expressed that Jewish Social Democracy deals with the needs of the Jewish…
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The Bund
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1899
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Neglect of the Tasks of Autonomous Activity of the Proletariat: The Heritage of the Iskra Period
Many, far too many comrades remain deaf and blind to the questions we have just raised. This deafness…
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Leon Trotsky
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Geneva, Switzerland
Date:
1904
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Whereas the legislation regarding linguistic rights currently being considered by the Duma directly opposes the interests of the proletariat and the masses of the Jewish nation; and whereas this…
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The Bund
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Vienna, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1910
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Recognizing, that any national political institution created on the basis of national autonomy in all its forms, is of value only to the extent that it answers a number of definite necessities—needs…
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The Bund
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Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
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1905