Six Red Months in Russia: An Observer's Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship

by Louise Bryant

Overview

"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 Russia Six 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646797073
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	04/01/1905
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

LOUISE BRYANT (1885-1936) was an American journalist who played a significant role as a political activist in the fight for women's rights. During and after the Russian Revolution of 1917, Bryant also reported extensively about the Bolshevik system, traveling to Russia several times to observe the changes in the Russian social order.