Epilogue

Abstract

Although the New Deal period extended through World War II, and some argue until the Eisenhower took office in 1953, the possibility that Jewish labor would exist as an outside challenge to, rather than an integral part of, the emerging hegemonic bloc had vanished by the time of World War II. The Bundist generation, whose members had acted as a bridge between the old world of radical Yiddish Socialism and the new world of consumer culture, lost much of its influence by the end of the Depression.The Bundist generation, whose members had acted as a bridge between the old world of radical Yiddish Socialism and the new world of consumer culture, lost much of its influence by the end of the Depression. This eiplogue traces the actiivties of the main players covered in the monograph into the postwar era; the destruction of Popular Front culture during the Cold War period; the links between Yiddish Socialism and New Left activism; and the ways in which social unionism can continue to hold value in today's struggles over media and politics.