The Red Decade

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book non-fiction book political book

The Red Decade is a 1941 anti-communist exposé by former American communist leader Benjamin Gitlow, critiquing the influence of communist ideology on U.S. politics and culture in the 1930s.

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Label	Occurrences
The Red Decade canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political book ⓘ
aimsTo	expose communist influence in American life ⓘ
author	Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizes	Communist Party USA ⓘ fellow travelers ⓘ liberal intellectuals sympathetic to communism ⓘ popular front politics ⓘ
describes	activities of American communists in the 1930s ⓘ
discusses	cultural and intellectual circles in the U.S. ⓘ front organizations ⓘ labor unions ⓘ
documents	organizational tactics of American communists ⓘ propaganda methods used by communist groups in the U.S. ⓘ
genre	anti-communist literature ⓘ political exposé ⓘ
hasAuthorBackground	former American communist leader ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	American anti-communist discourse ⓘ
hasPoliticalOrientation	conservative anti-communist ⓘ
hasReputation	controversial account of U.S. communism ⓘ
hasSubject	Popular Front era in the United States ⓘ Soviet influence on American politics ⓘ
historicalContext	Great Depression ⓘ surface form: Great Depression era pre-World War II United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Benjamin Gitlow's experiences in the Communist Party USA ⓘ
intendedAudience	general American readership concerned with politics ⓘ policy makers and opinion leaders in the U.S. ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	American left-wing movements ⓘ American politics in the 1930s ⓘ communism in the United States ⓘ influence of communist ideology on U.S. culture ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableFor	detailed insider account of American communism ⓘ early Cold War–era anti-communist narrative precursor ⓘ
perspective	anti-communist ⓘ
portrays	Communist Party USA ⓘ surface form: Communist Party USA as a threat to American democracy
publicationDate	1941 ⓘ
relatedTo	Cold War anti-communism ⓘ McCarthyism (as a precursor in anti-communist thought) ⓘ
setInPeriod	interwar period ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1930s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gitlow was a socialist political activist → authored → The Red Decade ⓘ

subject surface form: Benjamin Gitlow

Benjamin Gitlow → notableWork → The Red Decade ⓘ