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Socialism before Sanders :

3030171760

9783030171766

9783030171759

Socialism before Sanders :

[Book]

the 1930s moment from romance to revisionism /

Jake Altman.

Cham, Switzerland :

Palgrave Macmillan,

[2019]

1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Prologue: The Promise of Revival; 3 Radical Incubators: New York City and Union Theological Seminary; Manifesto to the Middle Class; Reinhold Niebuhr's Pessimistic Radicalism; Thomas and Niebuhr in Dialogue; 4 The Revolutionary Policy Committee; The RPC's Origins: The Militant Faction; Constructions of the RPC; Factionalism and the RPC; Communists and the RPC; The End of the RPC; 5 Fruits of the Socialist Revival; Soviet House; Highlander Folk School; No Perfect Place: Living Socialism at Highlander; Work and Control

Grievances, Standards, and the Outside CommunityConclusion; 6 Their Party, Their Power: Socialist Women in the 1930s; 7 While the Men Played Revolution; Hawes Before Highlander; Hawes's Contribution to Highlander; Gender at Highlander; 8 The Great Transition: Channeling "A Mighty River"; The Labor Movement and the End of Utopianism; Highlander: Confronting Change; Democrats and Socialists; 9 Epilogue: Norman Thomas Nostalgia; Bibliography; : Index

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The early years of the twentieth century are often thought of as socialism's first heyday in the United States, when the Socialist Party won elections across the country and Eugene Debs ran for president from a prison cell, winning more than 900,000 votes. Less well-known is the socialist revival of the 1930s. Radicalized by the contradiction of crushing poverty and unimaginable wealth that existed side by side during the Great Depression, socialists built institutions, organized the unemployed, extended aid to the labor movement, developed local political movements, and built networks that would remain active in the struggle against injustice throughout the twentieth century. Jake Altman brings this overlooked moment in the history of the American left into focus, highlighting the leadership of women, the development of the Highlander Folk School and Soviet House, and the shift from revolutionary rhetoric to pragmatic reform by the close of the decade. As another socialist revival takes shape today, this book lays the groundwork for a more nuanced history of the movement in the United States.--

Springer Nature

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Socialist Party (U.S.)

Socialist Party (U.S.)

Socialism-- History.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Communism & Socialism.

Socialism.

POL-- 005000

Altman, Jake

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