Harry Gannes

Harry Gannes
Born 1900
Hull, England
Died 3 January 1941
New York City
Occupation Journalist
Spouse(s) Pearl Roth Gannes (third marriage)
Children daughter from second marriage, son (David) from third marriage

Harry Gannes (1900 1941), foreign editor of the Daily Worker during much of the 1930’s, was an American communist of national prominence.[1][2]

Biography

Harry Gannes was one of the founders (in 1922) of the Young Workers League, the predecessor of the Young Communist League, serving briefly as its general secretary.[3] As foreign editor of the Daily Worker he was a mentor to Theodore Draper,[4] with whom he coauthored Spain in Revolt in 1936. His book When China Unites, 1937, based on research and experiences during a trip to China in 1932-33,[3] describes the Kuomintang-Communist alliance of the mid-1920s and the confrontations between the two parties from 1927 on. Gannes traveled to China, and later to Europe (1938) using a passport under the name Henry George Jacobs.[2] For this he was indicted for passport fraud in 1939. At almost the same time, he fell ill and was diagnosed with a brain tumor, from which he died on 3 January 1941.

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References

  1. "Red Editor Here Dies, Facing U.S. Charges," The New York Times, January 7, 1941
  2. 1 2 "Communist Dies: Federal court asked to drop action against Gannis [sic]" Buffalo Courier Express, 7 January 1941
  3. 1 2 "Harry Gannes Dies," Daily Worker, Jan. 5, 1941
  4. Draper, "Preface" to paperback edition of American Communism and Soviet Russia, pg. xi.
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