The Radicalization of European Jews in the US Metropolis

6 American Anarchists

It is no surprise that anarchism is a truly cosmoplitan and transnational movement as many of its representatives lived a transnational and global life.¹ However, the fact that some radical hubs and centers provided fruitful grounds for the radicalization of young women and men who would later join this transnational protest movement against capitalist exploitation and for universal freedom should not be forgotten. In these radical centers, foreign immigrants were among those who joined the international labor movement, which is why, in the case of New York City, for example, “by the turn of the century, working-class Jews and German-Americans were the twin pillars of American socialism.”² In particular, the more than ...