The Jew and Communism: The Story of Early Communist Victories and Ultimate Defeats in the Jewish Community, U. S. A., 1919-1941 PDF
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THE JEW AND COMMUNISM Errata page 134, third paragraph, should read : 2 instead of 4. page 188, the date of the sixth party convention, should read : March 1, 1928. pages 152, 225, 285 and 437, should read: William Weiner. THE J E W AND C O M M U N IS M OTHER BOOKS BY MELECH EPSTEIN JEWISH LABOR IN U.S.A. An Industrial, Political and Cultural History of the Jewish Labor Movement 188S-1914 JEWISH LABOR IN U.S.A. 1914-1952 THE JEW AND COMMUNISM The Story of Early Communist Victories and Ultimate Defeats in the Jewish Community, U.S.A. 1919-1941 MELECH EPSTEIN TRADE UNION SPONSORING COMMITTEE 82-84 WEST 38TH ST., NEW YORK l 8, N.Y. Copyright by Melech Epstein All Rights Reserved Manufactured in the United States of America by H. Wolff, New York TO LOUIS STU LBERG , of the ILGW U Contents Introduction ix I The New Immigration 3 2 The Hopeful Yean 10 3 Confusion in the War 16 4 The Left Wing 15 5 Communism's Birth Pangs 34 6 In the Underground 41 7 Moscow Takes a Hand 48 8 The New Concept 53 9 The Jewish Left 67 10 Their Road to Communism 78 11 The Second Split 86 12 The Open Party; The Freiheit 98 13 A Poor Beginning 105 14 New Alignments 113 15 The Expendables lti 16 Victory Among Defeats 134 17 The Contest in the Workmen’s Circle 144 18 The IWO, A New Communist Arm 151 19 Relief Is Politics 156 20 Jewish Fortunes in Russia 160 21 Ambitious Projects 165 22 Birobidjan; Thriving on a Myth 173 23 Running to Moscow 180 24 Stalin Takes Over 186 Contents The Postwar Youth 197 25 26 Branching Out 206 Fiasco and Success 214 27 28 Battling the Community 223 29 Feeding on Hunger 234 White Bias Show Trials 243 30 A Cultural Wasteland 252 31 32 Jefferson, Lincoln—and Stalin 262 Patriotism Pays Off 274 33 34 Working at Cross Purposes 281 35 Fat Yean That Turned Lean 292 The Outstretched Hand 301 36 37 309 Birobidjan, A Lucrative Affair Judaizing Communism 318 38 39 Strength and Moods 330 40 The Four Hectic Days 345 Excitement and Fury 361 41 42 371 The Mazel Tov Counterattack Portraits in Miniature 382 Olgin, A Man of Contrasts 382 Shachno Epstein, From a Writer to a Spy 389 Kalmen Marmor, His Communism Was a Puzzle 394 A. Bittelman, More Politician than Theoretician 398 Israel Amter, A Saintly Communist 403 Jack Stachel, The Organization Man 405 Notes 408 References 419 Index 431
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