[Marxism] Fascinating

["Nestor Gorojovsky" <nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you, Louis, for this. Of course, an antidote against 
sugarcoating. Will try to see what can be found in Buenos Aires, 
though I believe things were quite different here.

> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:57:28 -0400
> From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Marxism] the historical jewish left
> In-reply-to: <d1a.14a6e2b1.341aeea1@xxxxxxx>
> To: Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition
> 
> http://www.monthlyreview.org/1201buhle.htm
> A Collective Past Within Us
> by Paul Buhle
> 
> every new generation of conservatives
> (or what we=20 might call Imperial Liberals) seeks to make the radical
> connections into=20 an immigrant hangover at best, while on the other
> side scholars dig=20 deeper into the archives for fresh evidence of
> socialism as a founding=20 faith of the Lower East Side ghetto.
> 
> Hadassa Kosak makes a unique contribution because she has more=20
> effectively than anyone previous ventured into =93transnational=94
> histor= y.=20 For generations, official historians of needle trade
> unions boasted that=20 current bureaucrats began their life=92s work
> fighting against the Tsar.=20 This view of the
> past fixed on individuals and frequently depicted the=20 Jewish
> communities of the Pale as a solid mass of persecuted beings,=20
> sharing their agonies in solidarity. For Kosak, it would be closer
> to=20 say that the opposite is true: the struggle against American
> capitalists=20 found its origins in the struggle against the
> all-powerful and=20 demonstrably undemocratic shtetl merchants and
> rabbinate.

Este correo lo ha enviado
Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[No necesariamente es su autor]
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
"La patria tiene que ser la dignidad arriba y el regocijo abajo".
Aparicio Saravia
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 



________________________________________________
YOU MUST clip all extraneous text before replying to a message.
Send list submissions to: Marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism