_FROM POPULAR FRONT TO COLD WAR_ TELLS THE STORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL
WORKERS ORDER (IWO), AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1930 TO PROVIDE LIFE,
BURIAL, AND HEALTH INSURANCE TO ITS MEMBERS. But as the essays
gathered by Elissa Sampson and Robert M. Zecker make clear, the IWO
broadened its mission to promote interracial solidarity, support labor
unions, combat racism and antisemitism, and champion progressive
social programs from the Great Depression into the postwar era.
At its height, the IWO had almost two hundred thousand members drawn
from a broad ethnic and racial spectrum of the working class—Jews,
Blacks, Poles, Slovaks, Italians, Hispanics, and others. It operated
summer camps, published foreign-language newspapers, and supported a
wide range of cultural activities. An early advocate for the United
States' entry into World War II, the IWO was also ahead of its time in
championing the nascent civil rights movement. After the war, it was
declared a subversive organization due to its ties to the Communist
Party and disbanded in 1954, though its legacy as a model for
working-class cooperation across racial and ethnic differences endures
to this day.
Contributors: Felicia Bevel, Paul Buhle, Matthew Calihman, Annabel
Gottfried Cohen, Dylan Kaufman-Obstler, Paul C. Mishler, Ben Ratskoff,
Elissa Sampson, Henry Srebrnik, Lauren B. Strauss, Nerina Visacovsky,
Jennifer Young, Robert M. Zecker
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The Interracial Left and the International Workers Order, 1930–1954
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ISBN
9781501785191
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
Cornell University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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