Harry Gannes
Harry Gannes, was a British-born American journalist, foreign editor of the Daily Worker during much of the 1930s, was a communist of national prominence.
Biography
Harry Gannes was one of the founders of the Young Workers League, the predecessor of the Young Communist League, serving briefly as its general secretary. As foreign editor of the Daily Worker he was a mentor to Theodore Draper, 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, 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 using a passport under the name Henry George Jacobs. 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.Published works
Books
- ', 1936, with Theodore Draper
- ', 1937
Pamphlets
- Youth under Americanism. With George Oswald. Chicago: Young Workers League of America, 1922.
- . New York: International Pamphlets, 1930.
- . Jacob Burck, illustrator. New York City: Workers Library Publishers, 1931.
- New York: Workers International Relief, 1932.
- The Economic Crisis: An Analysis of the Course of the Crisis up to June 15, 1931. New York: Communist Party USA, 1932.
- . New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1935
- . New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1935.
- . New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1936.
- . New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1936.
- The Munich Betrayal. New York City: Workers Library Publishers, 1938.