Young Reds in the Big Apple

List of Abbreviations | vii

Introduction | 1

Part I: A New Vision for American Communist Childhood

1. The JSYWL and YPA Regulations | 13

2. Leo Granoff: Harlem's "Boy Trotsky" and YPA Tactics | 20

3. Radical Recreations | 31

Part II: Children of the Class Struggle

4. Pioneer Politicians and the CPUSA | 55

5. Pioneers and Picket Lines | 65

Part III: The School Struggle

6. Countering Capitalist Curriculum and Corporal Punishment | 77

7. School Lunch Revolts | 84

8. The Lenin Unit at PS 61 | 91

Part IV: Pioneers and Political Opponents

9. Periodical Culture, the Fish Inquiry, and the US Post Office | 105

10. The Van Etten Camp Controversy | 118

11. Bashing the Boy Scouts and the Campaigns to Free Harry Eisman | 130

Conclusion | 157

Acknowledgments | 163

Appendices | 165

Notes | 171

Bibliography | 189

Index 195

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• História das Américas
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• História local
• Ideologias políticas

American Communism; Great Depression; New York; Radicalism; Red Scare; Young Pioneers of America; Youth Activism