The Voice of Free Labor: The Jewish Anarchists
Channel: Rakan Budeiri
Date: 2019-01-31

Directed by Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher (Pacific Street Films) 1980

The Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists dramatically portrays immigrant life in the United States as seen through the eyes of the sweatshop workers who made up the Jewish anarchist movement. This movement was dedicated to freedom: freedom for the individual, freedom from the Church, the State, and economic exploitation; and it reached its greatest influence between 1880 and World War I.

Through interviews with actual participants in the Jewish anarchist movement, the film documents their contributions to the fledging US labor movement and developing Yiddish culture. Also featured are stills, newsreel footage, selections from old motion pictures, and Yiddish songs of work and struggle.