There is some debate if Israel Cohen was a communist or a zionist and for some doesn't make any difference because communism = zionism.
The other controversy is about the title of the book/panflet originally published in 1913 some say is "A Radical Program for the 20th Century" others say it is "A Racial Program for the 20th Century".
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In 1925, the Communist Party U.S.A. told its members:"The aim of our Party in our work among the Negro masses is to create a powerful proletarian movement which will fight and lead the struggle of the Negro race against the exploitation and oppression in every form and which will be a militant part of the revolutionary movement of the whole American working class...and connect them with the struggles of national minorities and colonial peoples of all the world and thereby the cause of world revolution and the dictatorship of the proletariat."
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http://www.whale.to/b/raci.html
A Short History Of Zionism (1951)
https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofzi009976mbp
Jewish Life In Modern Times (1929)
https://archive.org/details/jewishlifeinmode028580mbp
Zionist work in Palestine (1911)
https://archive.org/details/zionistworkinpal00cohe
Zionism & Jewish ideals : a reply to Mr. Laurie Magnus (1909)
https://archive.org/details/zionismjewishide00cohe
The Turkish persecution of the Jews (1918)
https://archive.org/details/turkishpersecuti00cohe
The Ruhleben Prison Camp: a record of nineteen months' internment ([1917])
https://archive.org/details/ruhlebenprisonca00coheuoft
A report on the pogroms in Poland (1919)
https://archive.org/details/reportonpogromsi00cohe
Theodor Herzl, founder of political Zionism ([1959])
https://archive.org/details/theodorherzlfoun00cohe
The Zionist movement : its aims and achievements (1912)
https://archive.org/details/zionistmovementi00cohe
The German attack on the Hebrew schools in Palestine (1918)
https://archive.org/details/germanattackonhe00coheiala
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"We must realize that our party's most powerful weapon is racial tensions. By propounding into the consciousness of the dark races that for centuries they have been oppressed by whites, we can mold them to the program of the Communist Party. In America we will aim for subtle victory. While inflaming the Negro minority against the whites, we will endeavor to instill in the whites a guilt complex for their exploitation of the Negros. We will aid the Negroes to rise in prominence in every walk of life, in the professions and in the world of sports and entertainment.With this prestige, the Negro will be able to intermarry with the whites and begin a process which will deliver America to our cause."
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Israel Cohen, A Racial Program for the Twentieth Century, 1912. Also in the Congressional Record, Vol. 103, p. 8559, June 7, 1957
Israel Cohen, Author and Noted Zionist, Dies in London; Was 82
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November 28, 1961
LONDON (Nov. 27)
Israel Cohen, veteran Zionist, Journalist and author, died here today at the age of 82. A former secretary of the World Zionist Organization, he played an important part in the development of the Zionist movement since the beginning of this century.
Born in Manchester, Mr. Cohen served on the staff of the London Tribune from 1906 to 1908. He was secretary of the British Zionist Federation in 1909-1910 and then served with the English department of the World Zionist Organization in Cologne and Berlin from 1910 until he was interned by the Germans in 1914. After serving as WZO director of publicity, he was named general secretary in 1922 and held that post until 1929. He had been a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews since 1931.
Among his works were “Jewish Life in Modern Times,” “The Journal of A Jewish Traveler,” “History of the Jews in Vilna.” “Contemporary Jewry,” “A Short History of Zionism” and “The Rebirth of Israel.”
Read more: http://www.jta.org/1961/11/28/archiv...#ixzz31EVyPUV3
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http://modernhistoryproject.org/mhp?...&C=7.7#Tension