Activism

In 1936, Barcelona Was to Host the Anti-Nazi ‘People’s Olympiad’

In 1936, with Nazi Germany set to host the Summer Olympics, anti-fascist organizers in Barcelona decided to stage a parallel event: the People’s Olympiad. A hotbed of progressive and left-wing politics, the city had lost its Olympics bid to Berlin in 1931, two years before the Nazis came to power. Inspired by the International Workers’ Olympiad, […]

By Avishay Artsy

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The Nazi History of This Yiddish Protest Banner

Among the sea of signs, pink hats, and protesters that flooded the streets of New York City at Saturday’s Women’s March was one standout: A bright red banner with hand-lettered lyrics from a Yiddish resistance song saying, in Yiddish and in English, “We will outlive them.” The song quoted on the (slightly misspelled) banner has […]

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Plant a Mini Noam Chomsky on Your Lawn!

This week, in an interview that’s gone viral, controversial Jewish linguist and historian Noam Chomsky calls the Republican Party “the most dangerous organization in world history” for “racing to the [climate] cliff.” Thankfully, for those of us whose backyards are not (yet) below sea levels, there’s a lawn ornament. Its name? Gnome Chomsky. The visionaries […]

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