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Bella Dodd (1904–1969)

Auteur de School of Darkness

1 oeuvres 44 utilisateurs 1 Critiques

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Œuvres de Bella Dodd

School of Darkness (1954) 44 exemplaires

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Nom canonique
Dodd, Bella
Autres noms
Visono, Maria Assunta Isabella
Date de naissance
1904
Date de décès
1969-04-29
Lieu de sépulture
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Pleasantville, New York
Sexe
female
Nationalité
Italy
Pays (pour la carte)
Italy
Lieu de naissance
Picerno, Basilicata, Italy
Lieu du décès
New York City, New York, USA
Cause du décès
Surgical complications
Lieux de résidence
Picerno, Basilicata, Italy
New York City, New York, USA
Études
Hunter College (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
New York University (JD)
Professions
teacher
activist
lawyer
Teacher at Seward Park High School
professor
Professor at Hunter College (tout afficher 8)
Communist Party Leader
Communist Legislative Representative for the New York District
Organisations
Seward Park High School
New York City Teachers Union
Communist Party USA
National Committee of the Communist Party
New York State Communist Party
Communist Political Association (tout afficher 7)
New York Conservative Party
Courte biographie
Bella Dodd (née Visono; 1904 – 29 April 1969) was a teacher, lawyer, and labor union activist, member of the Communist Party of America (CPUSA) and New York City Teachers Union (TU) in the 1930s and 1940s ("one of Communism's most strident voices"), and vocal anti-communist after her expulsion from the Party in 1949.

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A remarkable autobiographical account of one individual's time in the Teachers' Union and then in the Communist Party in the 1930s and 40s; describing events 80 plus years ago it could have been written today as the core tenants of Marxism and tactics have not changed one iota.

There truly is nothing new under the sun.

I appreciated the matter of fact nature in the way the book was written; it avoided the diatribes and overdramatization of an ex member that often appears when one has left an organization.… (plus d'informations)
 
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MusicforMovies | May 2, 2021 |

Statistiques

Œuvres
1
Membres
44
Popularité
#346,250
Évaluation
4.0
Critiques
1
ISBN
5
Langues
1