{"product_id":"the-radical-jewish-tradition","title":"The Radical Jewish Tradition: Revolutionaries, Resistance Fighters and Firebrands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring account of Jewish socialist struggles against Tsarist pogroms, exploitative sweatshops, and murderous Nazis across three continents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Radical Jewish Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e recovers a neglected and suppressed history of Jewish resistance to oppression. Collected here are sto­ries of heroism and selflessness that trace their origins to resis­tance against the nineteenth-century Tsarist Empire. These radical Jews—most of them working class—found common cause with oth­er oppressed groups. They refused to be defined as victims.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis inspiring tradition was ultimately checked by the callous indif­ference of capitalist governments to refugees before the Second World War and to the Holocaust. Donny Gluckstein and Janey Stone revive this history for the benefit of a world in crisis. They consider this legacy and its impact on modern Jewish identity. At a time when a bellicose Israeli government claims to represent Jews the world over, the history of these radicals bursts the constraints placed on the historical imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is a story central to the socialist movement as well as an ob­ject lesson for all those struggling to resist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This timely book is an excellent antidote to any attempt to de-historicise conflicts such as the one raging in historical Palestine. Pre-Zionist Jewish life and culture invalidates the absurd attempt to equate Zionism with Judaism and anti-Zionism with antisemitism.\" Ilan Pappé, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As the authors say, ‘The battle for memory is also a battle for the present.’ The Zionists don’t want us to know there is a different answer to antisemitism than the Israeli state. The ruling class doesn’t want us to know there are ways to defeat their divide and rule scapegoating. \u003cem\u003eThe Radical Jewish Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e sets the record straight.\" Clare Fester, Associate Director Los Angeles-based Jewish cultural organization Yiddishkayt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A thought-provoking history of Jewish radical movements sounded as an appeal for modern political liberation.\" \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonny Gluckstein\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis the son of an anti-Zionist Jewish Palestinian refugee father and Jewish South African mother. He is the author of several works that touch on the subject matter of this book, including \u003ci\u003eThe Nazis, Capitalism and the Working Class\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA People’s History of the Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Western Soviets \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Tragedy of Bukharin\u003c\/i\u003e. He edited \u003ci\u003eFighting on all Fronts: Popular Resistance in the Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e. Donny lives in Edinburgh (UK) and continues to write books on revolutionary and socialist topics while in retirement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaney Stone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e’s mother sought refuge in Australia from Polish antisemitism in the 1930s. Janey is a lifelong socialist and political activist; she has been a union delegate and participated in the student, anti-Vietnam war and women’s liberation movements. As an anti-Zionist Jew, she has written and presented about resistance to the Nazis in Germany and Poland, and by Jews, and many other topics including women workers, sexual politics, the Middle East and the radical Jewish tradition. Janey is retired and lives in Melbourne (Australia). She has a leadership role in Interventions, Australia’s only independent not-for-profit radical publishing company.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44450187083869,"sku":"9781836741756","price":39.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/theradicaljewishtradition.jpg?v=1778784300","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/the-radical-jewish-tradition","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}