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Showing posts with label 1917. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Grisha Ziv on Trotsky, 1917, translated from original Russian

                                       























 Trotsky, right, Alexandra Sokolovskaya, standing, and Ziv, front, circa 1898.
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Posted by Ken Ackerman at 9:48 AM No comments:
Labels: 1917, Grisha Ziv, Leon Trotsky, Trotsky in New York

Coverage of Trotsky's arrival in New York, from the German and Yiddish press

 

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Posted by Ken Ackerman at 9:41 AM No comments:
Labels: 1917, Jewish Daily Forward, Leon Trotsky, Montserrat, Pier 8, Trotsky in New York, Volkszeitung

Trotsky's take on the Carnegie Hall anti-war meeting, February 8, 1917, from the original Russian

 
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Posted by Ken Ackerman at 9:31 AM No comments:
Labels: 1917, Carnegie Hall, Leon Trotsky, Morris Hillquit, Trotsky in New York
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