{"product_id":"socialism-in-yiddish-hkan-blomqvist-9789189109902","title":"Socialism in Yiddish","description":"\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 H虧an 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H虧an Blomqvist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9189109902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789189109902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sodertorn University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"H虧an Blomqvist","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049251631359,"sku":"9789189109902","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a6260839-0a52-49aa-8d83-70fa7f34f507.jpg?v=1685000510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/socialism-in-yiddish-hkan-blomqvist-9789189109902","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}