{"product_id":"citizens-of-the-whole-world-anti-zionism-and-the-cultures-of-the-american-jewish-left-hardcover","title":"Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Balthaser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter a tumultuous century, the Jewish radical tradition lives on in the United States\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince October 7, 2023, the world has witnessed a massive American Jewish uprising in support of Palestinian liberation. Through sit-ins in Congress or Grand Central Terminal, through petitions and marches, thousands of Jews have made it known the Israeli state is not acting in their name. This resistance did not come out of nowhere. \u003ci\u003eCitizens of the Whole World\u003c\/i\u003e returns us to its roots in the \"red decade\" of the 1930s and, from there, traces the history of American Jewish radicals and revolutionaries to the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenjamin Balthaser delves into radical Jewish novels and memoirs, as well as interviews with Jewish revolutionaries, to unearth a buried if nonetheless unbroken continuity between leftist Jewish Americans and the diasporic internation­alism of today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovering more than just the politics of anti-Zionism, \u003ci\u003eCitizens of the Whole World\u003c\/i\u003e explores the Jewish revolutionary traditions of Marxist internationalism, Jewish solidarity with Third World struggles, and relations between Jewish and Black radicals during the Civil Rights era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBalthaser's book stages an intervention into current anti-Zionist politics, suggesting activists can learn from past struggles to help form a future politics in a world after Zionism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Balthaser's critical and creative work explores the connections among radical U.S. social movements, racial and class formation, internationalism, and culture. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAnti-Imperialist Modernism: Race and Radical Transnational Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Michigan Press, 2016) and \u003ci\u003eDedication \u003c\/i\u003e(Partisan Press, 2011). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as \u003ci\u003eAmerican Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistorical Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShofar\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. He is currently associate professor of multi-ethnic U.S. literature at Indiana University, South Bend, and associate editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43494563741831,"sku":"9781804291375","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/kxPzMOQT-i9781804291375.webp?v=1763564063","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/citizens-of-the-whole-world-anti-zionism-and-the-cultures-of-the-american-jewish-left-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}