All Together Different: Yiddish Socialists, Garment Workers, and the Labor Roots of Multiculturalism

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| 289 Abern, Martin, 116 Active Speakers Group, 141 ACWA. See Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America AFL. See American Federation of Labor African Americans. See Black workers age dynamics. See generational differences Albu, Sandu, 119 Aleichem, Sholem, 24, 30, 156 Alexander II, czar of Russia, 22, 24, 28 Alexander III, czar of Russia, 24 ALP. See American Labor Party Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), 39, 76, 166, 241–42n7. See also Hillman, Sidney American Federationist, 109, 259n24 American Federation of Labor (AFL), 37–38, 69, 74, 77, 81, 202, 263-64n19. See also American Federationist American Labor Party (ALP), 197, 198, 203, 222 American Negro Labor Congress (ANLC), 104 Amsterdam News, 113, 184 anarchists, 85, 89, 97, 113, 140 Anderson, Benedict, 6 Ansky, S., 20, 24, 77 Antonini, Luigi, 69, 85, 110, 154, 172, 190, 191 Appel, Anna, 156 Arbeter Ring. See Workmen’s Circle Arent, Arthur, 204 Arise, 166 Ashford, Olive Pearman, 177, 214–16, 217, 273n68 Atkinson, Brooks, 201 Avant, Bob, 216 Bailes, Ginger, 171 Bailes, Pearl, 160 Baroff, Abraham, 92, 95, 111 Barrett, James R., 6, 12, 86 Barry, Gene, 213 basketball, 148, 149, 165–66, 189, 190 Bauer, Otto, 26 Beard, Charles, 69, 76, 254n100 Bender, Daniel E., 57 bilingualism, 76–77. See also multiculturalism; Yiddish language Black Pit (play), 204 Black workers, 81–83, 110–14, 143–46, 148–49, 152, 156, 239–40; and ILGWU International leaders, 81–83, 110, 113, 145–46; in Local 22, 82, 112–14, 129–31, 141–42, 143–44, 145–46, 180, 237; in ILGWU, 126, 263n8; and 1909 shirtwaist strike, 51–52. See also interracial participation Blitzstein, Marc, 204 Bloom, Jonathan, 76 Bloor, Ella Reeve “Mother,” 73, 74 Bluestein, Max, 118, 262n84 Bostic, Clarissa, 142 Bourne, Randolph, 5, 27 Bowers, William, 119 Boyer, Mary, 168–69, 171 Brandeis, Louis, 60, 62–63 Brice, Fannie, 201 Bridges, Harry, 217 Brookwood Labor College, 76, 79, 112, 160 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), 82, 104, 110, 166, 180, 184; and ILGWU, 82, 106, 111 Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations Index 290 | Index Browder, Earl, 74 Brown, Irving, 141 BSCP. See Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Bucchieri, Amelia, 127, 220 Bukharin, Nicolai, 115–16, 117 Bund, the (General Union of Jewish Workers ), 19, 20, 28, 29, 30–32; women in, 31 Bundists (in U.S.), 39, 41, 47, 78; in Workmen ’s Circle, 39, 40, 41, 42–43, 78 Cahan, Abraham, 38, 48, 91, 99 Camp Kinderland, 79–80, 104 camps, 78–79. See also Camp Kinderland; Camp Unity; Pioneer Youth Camp Camp Unity, 168, 169 Cannon, James P., 73, 92, 116 Carman, H. J., 44, 94 Catherine the Great, 22 Chasidism, 77–78 Chicago, 100–101, 105 Chinese workers, 46–47 CIO. See Congress of Industrial Organizations Claessens, August, 229 class consciousness, 140, 205–6; and ethnicity, 7, 76 cloakmakers strike of 1910, 58–59, 60 Cohen, Lizabeth, 7, 234 Cohn, Fannia, 48–50, 105–10, 160, 166, 249–50n11, 259n24; and Black workers, 111, 112; and David Dubinsky, 99, 119–20, 140, 184, 187–88; early life of, in Russia, 48, 49, 53; and ILGWU gender divisions, 56–57, 92–93, 96, 178, 184; influence of, 119, 120, 129, 242n7; and Local 22, 112, 129; and multiculturalism , 76–77, 84, 106–7; in “1905 generation,” 49, 56; and Socialist Party, 48, 68, 93, 140; and social unionism, 75, 119, 128, 165, 188; and Unity House, 106–7, 111, 120; views of, on union education, 105–6, 109, 120, 127–29, 210; on women’s role in unions, 188–89; and youth camps, 78–79; and Charles Zimmerman, 119, 120, 129 —in union educational programs, 65, 66, 75–76, 94–95, 96, 112, 133; at International level, 67–68, 69, 75–77, 78–79, 97, 99, 105–10, 120, 127–29 Columbia University, 43 Communist International (Comintern), 100, 104, 116, 168 Communist Party USA, 168, 169–70, 222, 232; formation of, 255n6; racial policies of, 104– 5; splits in, 116–17. See also Communists Communists, 73–74, 79, 100–101, 114–17, 227; in the arts, 203, 204; in Chicago, 100–101, 105; in ILGWU, 86–92, 96–97, 114–15, 173–74, 175; and racial issues, 104–5; and Yiddish socialism, 100–101, 104, 168. See also Communist Party USA; Lovestoneite faction; Trade Union Educational League (TUEL); Trade Union Unity League (TUUL) Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 4, 76, 207, 234 contracts, 164, 189–91, 191. See also Protocols of Peace Conzen, Kathleen Neils, 12 Corey...