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A vivid, human and radical history of one of the most powerful revolutionary movements of the twentieth century - told through the lives and in the voices of countless forgotten men and women ‘A gripping, human story of love, idealism and betrayal - and an immense, rigorous contribution to the historical record. Reading it feels revolutionary’ Naomi Klein Here Where Live Is Our Country is the story of a revolutionary movement – the Jewish Bund – which played a part in nearly every major conflict in Eastern Europe from 1900-1945, but still remains an almost unknown part of twentieth-century history. The movement’s central philosophy of “herenes” – the belief that Jews had a right to freedom and dignity in the countries where they lived – led them to fight the Tsar, reject Zionism, resist the Nazis, and ultimately help lead the Warsaw ghetto revolt. It is also a philosophy that immediately resonates with the political situation all over the world today. In this book, Molly Crabapple tells the story of the Bund through the lives of the bold and brilliant individuals who were pivotal to carrying out the doctrine, including her own great-grandfather, through whom she first discovered the movement. ‘Crabapple, with this great work, adds to her growing legacy as a unique American genius’ Jason Stanley ‘Recounts, with a novelist’s mastery of detail, one of the most extraordinary rebellions of the human spirit in modern history’ Pankaj Mishra ‘A masterful storyteller who possesses an admirable sense of history and writes with verve and wit … Here Where We Live Is Our Country is a true tour de force’ Jon Lee Anderson

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Molly Crabapple is a time traveller, a necromancer and an unclassifiable genius. She beckons readers through a portal to an irresistible, lost world, one bound together by passion, solidarity, and a burning hunger for justice. Here Where We Live Is Our Country is that rarest of books: a gripping, human story of love, idealism and betrayal - and an immense, rigorous contribution to the historical record. Reading it feels revolutionary -- NAOMI KLEIN Praise for Molly Crabapple: Crabapple is a new model for this century’s young woman * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * A revelatory and necessary read -- ANGELA DAVIS A book of startling emotional power and intellectual depth -- PANKAJ MISHRA Molly detects the bright and beautiful as well as she does the dark and fearful in the world not just because her eye is keen, but also because her eyes are so wide open * BUZZFEED BOOKS * Blazingly honest and unafraid to offer up something real to chew on * PAPER * Molly Crabapple’s pen is a scalpel, and she’s not afraid to turn the blade on herself. Beautifully excruciating -- PATTON OSWALT Molly Crabapple could be this generation’s Charles Bukowski. She’s a great artist whose life is also a work of art -- MATT TAIBBI

Molly Crabapple is a time traveller, a necromancer and an unclassifiable genius. She beckons readers through a portal to an irresistible, lost world, one bound together by passion, solidarity, and a burning hunger for justice. Here Where We Live Is Our Country is that rarest of books: a gripping, human story of love, idealism and betrayal - and an immense, rigorous contribution to the historical record. Reading it feels revolutionary -- NAOMI KLEIN Vast in scope, elegiac in prose, this book brings to life the profound humanity of those who stood up to the blood soaked ethno-nationalisms that led to so many of the twentieth century’s storied horrors. All the while, Crabapple never lets us forget that they were also fighting for a world that would not give rise to such evil. This book is many things: an ode to the grand legacy of anti-Zionist Jewishness; a profound reflection on whether history has morals; and an essential resource for anti-fascist history, concepts and tools. Molly Crabapple, with this great work, adds to her growing legacy as a unique American genius -- JASON STANLEY, author of How Fascism Works Molly Crabapple not only recounts, with a novelist’s mastery of detail, one of the most extraordinary rebellions of the human spirit in modern history. She animates, too, elegantly and boldly, a political and spiritual tradition that the zealots of ethnonationalism had managed to suppress for too long. In the long battles ahead for truth and dignity, her book will be an indispensable resource -- PANKAJ MISHRA Molly Crabapple’s words are as glorious as her colours, her writing as vivid as her painting ... A reminder that in even in the most dehumanizing of times a loving humanity might endure, even if only fleetingly -- GREG GRANDIN At a time when racism and xenophobia are being institutionalized in the United States and once again sweeping Europe, Here Where We Live Is Our Country should give succour to those seeking inspiration for their own forms of resistance today. Molly Crabapple is a masterful storyteller who possesses an admirable sense of history and writes with verve and wit. In this book, she tells not only the fascinating, long neglected story of the socialist fighters of the Jewish Bund - but also those of Zionism, Soviet communism, fascism, the plague of antisemitism - and explains how it has all fuelled the unfinished duels of the present day. Remarkable for its historical sweep as well as its timeliness, Here Where We Live Is Our Country is a true tour de force -- JON LEE ANDERSON, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life Praise for Molly Crabapple: Crabapple is a new model for this century’s young woman * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * A revelatory and necessary read -- ANGELA DAVIS A book of startling emotional power and intellectual depth -- PANKAJ MISHRA Molly detects the bright and beautiful as well as she does the dark and fearful in the world not just because her eye is keen, but also because her eyes are so wide open * BUZZFEED BOOKS * Blazingly honest and unafraid to offer up something real to chew on * PAPER * Molly Crabapple’s pen is a scalpel, and she’s not afraid to turn the blade on herself. Beautifully excruciating -- PATTON OSWALT Molly Crabapple could be this generation’s Charles Bukowski. She’s a great artist whose life is also a work of art -- MATT TAIBBI

Molly Crabapple is a time traveller, a necromancer and an unclassifiable genius. She beckons readers through a portal to an irresistible, lost world, one bound together by passion, solidarity, and a burning hunger for justice. Here Where We Live Is Our Country is that rarest of books: a gripping, human story of love, idealism and betrayal - and an immense, rigorous contribution to the historical record. Reading it feels revolutionary -- NAOMI KLEIN Vast in scope, elegiac in prose, this book brings to life the profound humanity of those who stood up to the blood soaked ethno-nationalisms that led to so many of the twentieth century’s storied horrors. All the while, Crabapple never lets us forget that they were also fighting for a world that would not give rise to such evil. This book is many things: an ode to the grand legacy of anti-Zionist Jewishness; a profound reflection on whether history has morals; and an essential resource for anti-fascist history, concepts and tools. Molly Crabapple, with this great work, adds to her growing legacy as a unique American genius -- JASON STANLEY, author of How Fascism Works Molly Crabapple not only recounts, with a novelist’s mastery of detail, one of the most extraordinary rebellions of the human spirit in modern history. She animates, too, elegantly and boldly, a political and spiritual tradition that the zealots of ethnonationalism had managed to suppress for too long. In the long battles ahead for truth and dignity, her book will be an indispensable resource -- PANKAJ MISHRA Praise for Molly Crabapple: Crabapple is a new model for this century’s young woman * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * A revelatory and necessary read -- ANGELA DAVIS A book of startling emotional power and intellectual depth -- PANKAJ MISHRA Molly detects the bright and beautiful as well as she does the dark and fearful in the world not just because her eye is keen, but also because her eyes are so wide open * BUZZFEED BOOKS * Blazingly honest and unafraid to offer up something real to chew on * PAPER * Molly Crabapple’s pen is a scalpel, and she’s not afraid to turn the blade on herself. Beautifully excruciating -- PATTON OSWALT Molly Crabapple could be this generation’s Charles Bukowski. She’s a great artist whose life is also a work of art -- MATT TAIBBI

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Molly Crabapple is an artist and writer. She is the co-author of Brothers of the Gun, an illustrated collaboration with Syrian war journalist Marwan Hisham, which was a New York Times Notable Book and longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award. Her memoir, Drawing Blood, received global praise and attention. Her animated films have been nominated for five Emmys and won an Edward R. Murrow Award, and her live-illustrated journalism has included collaborations with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Jay Z, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and The ACLU. Crabapple’s reportage has been published in the New York Times, New York Review of Books, Paris Review, Vanity Fair, Guardian, New Yorker and Rolling Stone. She has been awarded multiple fellowships and won the Bernhardt Labor Journalism Award in 2022. mollycrabapple.com

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