194:— a fact which led to dissatisfaction among some members of the group. Late in 1884 the organization split, with Cahan an Miller taking the lead in organizing a new organization called the Russian Labor Lyceum, an entity which presented public speakers with the aim of improving the educational level and political understanding of Russian-speaking workers in New York. Cahan and Miller both used their access to the rostrum of these political lectures to hone their oratorical skills, additionally making contact with prominent Socialist leaders of the day, including the German-speaking journalist
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Another organization quickly followed, the
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Miller was a popular writer and a talented public speaker, regarded as one of the best in New York's Jewish left wing milieu. He demonstrated a firm and unshakable commitment to the ideas of socialism and could move a crowd to loud applause with his aggressive rhetoric allayed against capitalist
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that had emerged in the city around this time, thereby making contact with a number of leading Jewish left wing political activists of the day, including
Nicholas Aleinikoff (founder of the group), writer and journalist
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Miller did not limit himself to political journalism, venturing into the writing of
Yiddish language plays and poetry, and venturing into the field of theatrical criticism. He also worked as a translator, rendering
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202:. As was the case with the Russian Workers Union, membership of the Russian Labor Lyceum remained by and large limited to intellectuals and the group's activities ultimately proved largely ineffective.
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Ehud Manor, ""They Wrote about Him in the
Newspaper" — Louis Miller's Image between Socialism and Opportunism / "כתבו עליו בעיתון": לואיס מילר בין סוציאליזם לאופורטוניזם אהוד מנור,"
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223:(New York People's Newspaper) and the United German Trades labor federation. In July 1886 the organization voted to join the host organization of the German movement, the
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Miller died of heart disease in New York City on May 22, 1927, following an illness lasting one week. He was 61 years old at the time of his death.
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allies against
Germany — the Allies including among them the hated Tsarist Russian regime. This position dramatically impacted the circulation of
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Louis Miller (1866–1927), Jewish-American newspaper publisher, writer, and political activist, as he appeared around the turn of the 20th
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In 1905 Miller and Cahan developed political and philosophical differences and parted company, with Cahan assuming full editorial control of the
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37:(1866–1927), born Efim Samuilovich Bandes, was a Russian-Jewish political activist who emigrated to the United States of America in 1884. A
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323:(The Truth). Miller and Cahan waged editorial war against one another, with Miller more than holding his own in the contest.
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was part of the minority group favoring political action rather than colonization that bolted the gathering to form the
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Despite its name, the
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in 1884 and soon took on a new
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in 1905 due to editorial differences with Cahan, Miller established a Yiddish daily newspaper of his own,
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Louis Miller and Di Warheit ("The Truth"): Yiddishism, Zionism and Socialism in New York, 1905–1915.
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of a Jewish national homeland. Towards this end in 1911 Miller made an extensive trip to
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organizer and newspaper editor, Miller is best remembered as a founding editor of
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Miller was a delegate to the June 1898 convention of the
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the country's first and foremost Yiddish-language daily.
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Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
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The Early Jewish Labor Movement in the United States,
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The Early Jewish Labor Movement in the United States,
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The Early Jewish Labor Movement in the United States.
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exploiters and other enemies of the socialist cause.
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402:Karlowich,
356:World War I
350:Later years
340:Middle East
234:newspaper,
152:trade union
110:antisemitic
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73:World War I
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661:Categories
364:Di Warheit
321:Di Warheit
154:activity.
148:sweatshops
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579:"Extract"
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344:Palestine
301:Karl Marx
251:socialist
79:Biography
652:In JSTOR
536:pg. 104.
518:pg. 105.
505:pg. 211.
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259:Forverts
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328:Forward
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