In the early 1900s, the Jewish People’s Fraternal Order fought for multiracial democracy and Yiddish culture, building solidarity across ethnic and racial lines — until it was destroyed by the Red Scare. Review of From Popular Front to Cold War
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Some members of the Cuban and Jewish diasporas have used their painful histories to gain power in U.S. politics and advance imperialism. But many are pushing back
Waking up
Cold War Puerto Rico by Steve Howell argues that Washington has long treated the island as giant aircraft carrier. The result has been severe: residents face economic strain while lacking many democratic rights and social protections.
Many Roots of ‘We Shall Overcome’ (1946), Union Wins Big at Ford (1941), Learning from a Riot (1936), Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? (1966), When Anti-Apartheid Actions Made a Difference (1986), Boston Splits Over Fugitive Slave Act (1851)
Is it war yet?
“The day of peace is dawning” — Eugene V. Debs
Anticommunists deployed "semantic contrivances" to claim the US was a model democracy; meanwhile, the FBI focused its energies on activists and described their freedom aspirations as conspiratorial while the CIA, destroyed freedom movements abroad.
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