1930's Media | "Are We Going Communist? A Debate"

Debate

By: Everett Dean Martin and Earl Browder

Date: November 1936

Source: Martin, Everett Dean, and Earl Browder. "Are We Going Communist? A Debate." Forum and Century, 96, no. 25, November 1936, 202–208.

About the Authors: Everett Dean Martin (1880–1941), a New York-based newspaper columnist early in his career, achieved his greatest influence as a social philosopher in the 1920s and 1930s. He despised the notion of revolution as a solution to societal ills and urged instead the pursuit of democracy for the improvement of humanity. Earl Russell Browder (1891–1973) joined the newly formed American Communist Party after being imprisoned for refusing to be drafted in World War I. Browder advanced through the ranks of the party, eventually leading it during the Great Depression and World War II.

Introduction

The Great Depression caused enormous social...