Bøger af Louise Bryant

Louise Bryant (December 5, 1885 - January 6, 1936) was an American journalist and writer. She was best known for her Marxist and anarchist beliefs and her essays on radical political and feminist themes. Bryant published articles in several radical left journals during her life, including Alexander Berkman's The Blast. Bryant met journalist John Reed in Portland, Oregon while he was visiting his family after attending Harvard and moving in "Radical" circles of the Village in New York CIty. Louise moved with him to New York City. Reed and Bryant together traveled to Russia in 1917 where they witnessed the October Revolution. Both published books about the event, Reed's "Ten Days that Shook the World" and Bryant's "Six Red Months in Russia."

"Socialism is here, whether we like it or not-just as woman suffrage is here-and it spreads with the years. In Russia the socialist state is an accomplished fact."-Louise Bryant, Six Red Months in RussiaSix Red Months in Russia (1918) is a collection of articles Louise Bryant wrote about her first trip to Russia shortly after the Bolshevik revolution. Bryant's objective was to inform and enlighten American readers about the way socialism was being implemented in Russia and to encourage Americans to support the Bolshevik movement. Subsequent to the book's publication, Bryant testified before a Senate subcommittee in defense of the revolution and then went on a nationwide speaking tour to encourage public support of Bolshevik policies.

"And in this book I have tried to show the leaders of the revolution as they really are, as I know them in their homes, where the red glare does not penetrate and they live as other men."-Louise Bryant, Mirrors of MoscowMirrors of Moscow (1923) by Louise Bryant is a collection of articles about Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Greece, Italy, and other countries in Europe and the Middle East. Her articles were based on information the author collected during travels to these countries and that were originally published by Hearst publishing. It contains biographical sketches of 18 Socialist leaders from the countries Bryant visited and provides an interesting perspective on the effects of the Soviet revolution on twentieth-century Europe.

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