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In the mid-1890s some socialist circles already existed among Jewish workers. The primary proponents of socialist democratic propaganda were first and foremost Jewish workers. In 1897, proclamations…
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David Zaslavsky
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Kiev, Ukrainian SSR (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Moscow, Russian SFSR (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1921
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The time has come for me to touch upon the people of the Vilna leadership. When Iosif Mil was away and I joined it, the acknowledged leader was my acquaintance A[rkady] Kremer (“Aleksandr”). His…
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Julius Martov
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Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1922
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With the passing of childhood and the waning of the impatient eagerness of adolescence, I was rapidly realizing that this was neither the best of all possible worlds, nor one that the optimism of late…
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David de Sola Pool
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1953
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I asked about a certain Russian poet. All good writers are poets to one extent or another, but that is a way of saying something. It is something else and clearer, to say that the poet is a very…
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Howard Fast
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1957
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The entire city is talking about the tumult, the uproar in the Jewish Quarter that began after the price of meat started to rise.
The prices for meat not only went up in the Jewish Quarter. The Trusts…
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The Forward
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1902
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But look, girl, if you so rarely find the opportunity to take a book into your hand, at least make a point of reading good books, not such kitsch as the Spinoza novel you have just sent me. Why do…
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1916
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Dear friend Aaron Zeitlin,
You write (in Globus, issue 4) that to fight against the truly leftist—or, as you express it, “against the few who scream ‘impure’ [tomeh] sincerely”—is perhaps futile…
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Shmuel Niger
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1933
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From the pioneer “intelligentsia” who lived in Vilna at the time, we must note Iulii Tsederbaum-Martov (people called him “Aleksey with the limp”), Arkadii Kremer (Aleksandr), Pati Srednitskaia (she…
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Beinish Michalevich
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1921
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The months of which I am about to write are probably amongst the most painful in my whole life; I interrupted my work on the book for a long time trying to summon up the courage to embark on this…
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Ilya Ehrenburg
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1966
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Marx was a prophet, no less so than Isaiah, Jeremiah, or Ezekiel. With honest conviction and courage he proclaimed the economic liberation of humanity. He appealed to the workers of the world and…
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Abraham Shiplacoff
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1910s