{"product_id":"socialism-in-yiddish-paperback","title":"Socialism in Yiddish - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHåkan Blomqvist\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpposition became the Bund's condition of existence, but not opposition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor its own sake. The Bund was founded on the conviction that the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jewish question\" could only be resolved through the liberation of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einternational working class from all forms of oppression on its way to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eestablishing a world of equality, welfare and democracy without borders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- a socialist social order. There, the broad strata of the population would\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erule, rather than capitalist elites or communist party apparatchiks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bund was one of the losers of history. The once deeply-rooted movement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas crushed during terror and genocide, dispersed into exile, driven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto its shell by overpowering political forces and undermined by assimilation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas time wore on and the world changed. The following story is about\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat process at the micro-level, in a place on the edge of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this unique account Håkan Blomqvist relates a largely unknown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echapter in both the historiography of the Swedish labor movement and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein Swedish-Jewish history, that of the non-Zionist Jewish Arbeter Bund\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eamong refugees in Sweden during and after World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47517296656605,"sku":"9789189109902","price":32.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/L1oyVnRLQnl4LzkwQWtNdmhCTWlCdz09.webp?v=1772198536","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/socialism-in-yiddish-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}