International Workers Order (IWO) Pt 2 Of 2 - PSMLS Audio

This week's class is on an organization that was affiliated with the Communist Party USA which lived from 1930 until 1954, and which had ~155,000 members at one point in time: The International Workers Order! Connect with PSMLS: linktr.ee/peoplesschool Sign up to join the PSMLS mailing list and get notified of new Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday: eepurl.com/h9YxPb Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction - International Workers Order, Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order (JPFO) 0:30 Most CPUSA Members initially joined through their ethnic background 1:50 Reading from the Morgen Freiheit (with Commentary) 9:30 Q&A 1 16:10 Return to Reading the Article 19:30 Frei Israel 22:00 Q&A 2 30:45 Article from Jewish American Communists on Racism 37:00 Q&A 3 43:00 Reading from Emma Lazarus Division on Women in the JPFO 47:50 Comment on JPFO's Activities Being a Model for Mass Organizations 49:30 Reading Continued 54:00 Q&A 4 1:04:40 Conclusion