[Marxism] Moe Fishman

[Sayan Bhattacharyya]

On 8/12/07, jk68 <jkayo68 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was talking with my grandparents and great aunt about a year ago. They all
> grew up in New York City during the depression. My aunt mentioned seeing a
> scene like this when she was young, whereupon my grandmother said something
> like "but they were Communists!". My aunt replied, "I don't care who they
> were. They were for the people." I hope we can build a left that has that
> kind of clout with regular folks.

"In the 1930s, long before there were massive trade union struggles,
the resistance of working people to eviction manifested itself. On
June 3, 1931 the heading of a NY Times article read:

44 Reds Arrested in Eviction Protest
Police Surprise Band of 100 Moving Dispossessed Family Back into Tenement
East Side Crowd Watches
Communists Sing "Internationale" While Undoing Marshal's Work
All Freed in Night Court

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