Happy Hanukkah!
For Day 3 of Hanukkah, join us in exploring a dozen significant Jewish contributors to Socialist causes!
#112 - Vladimir Lenin, Soviet Revolutionary and politician.
#113 - Leon Trotsky, aka Lev Bronstein, another Soviet revolutionary and politician.
#114 - Lev Kamanev, another Soviet revolutionary and politician.
#115 - Rosa Luxemburg, Polish Marxist who was executed after conspiring with fellow socialists to overthrow the German government.
#116 - Genrikh Yakoda, Soviet secret police official and director of the NKVD.
#117 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, American citizens who were executed upon being convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union.
#118 - Benjamin Gitlow, founder of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA).
#119 - William Weinstone, American Communist politician and labor leader.
#120 - Jay Lovestone, member of the CPUSA who was expelled, and went on to provide information to the CIA.
#121 - Ernő Gerő, communist party leader in Hungary following World War 2.
For Day 3 of Hanukkah, join us in exploring a dozen significant Jewish contributors to Socialist causes!
#112 - Vladimir Lenin, Soviet Revolutionary and politician.
#113 - Leon Trotsky, aka Lev Bronstein, another Soviet revolutionary and politician.
#114 - Lev Kamanev, another Soviet revolutionary and politician.
#115 - Rosa Luxemburg, Polish Marxist who was executed after conspiring with fellow socialists to overthrow the German government.
#116 - Genrikh Yakoda, Soviet secret police official and director of the NKVD.
#117 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, American citizens who were executed upon being convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union.
#118 - Benjamin Gitlow, founder of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA).
#119 - William Weinstone, American Communist politician and labor leader.
#120 - Jay Lovestone, member of the CPUSA who was expelled, and went on to provide information to the CIA.
#121 - Ernő Gerő, communist party leader in Hungary following World War 2.