How much Bolshevism is there in America? : $b Also a series of articles entitled "Russia from the inside"Dosch-Fleurot, Arno
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How much Bolshevism is there in America? : $b Also a series of articles entitled "Russia from the inside"
Dosch-Fleurot, Arno
Communism -- Soviet Union; Communism -- United States; Labor -- United States; Working class -- United States
Mr. Dosch-Fleurot recently has been appointed The World’s chief
correspondent for Germany and Central Europe, with headquarters in
Berlin. His despatches will be regular features of The World.
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AMERICA’S WAR-BORN WEALTH INSURANCE AGAINST SPREAD OF BOLSHEVIST TAINT
HERE
Study of Conditions in Various Sections of the United States, From the
Point of View of Europe, Convinces Arno Dosch-Fleurot That Same
Problems of Unrest Do Not Affect Our Workmen and Ground Is Not
Fertile for Insurrection—Prosperity of Workingmen Cause for
Thanksgiving Rather Than Complaint.
_The biggest questions in industrial, social, political and economic
life in America are_:
=Is Bolshevism finding root here?=
=Is America facing a political revolution?=
=Are we tainted by the vast social unrest now so characteristic of
England, of all Europe, as well as Asia?=
=What impulses common to those countries are to be found in our labor
structure?=
_In an effort to throw light an these vital matters, The World brought
Arno Dosch-Fleurot back from Europe, where he has been the last four
years, to make an investigation. The results of his extensive inquiry,
covering the past three months, during which he has visited those
centres of activity from which he could best obtain first hand
information, are set forth in five articles._
_By Arno Dosch-Fleurot._
Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York World).
For the past three years I have been living in the midst of the social
revolution in Europe. A great deal of it has been active revolution,
with the machine guns in the streets. During this time I have often
wondered how much of this unrest was being communicated to America or
how much we were developing here on our own account.
Looking at America from the point of view of Europe, particularly
Eastern Europe, I have wanted to know—
=First—How the Bolshevik revolution in Russia affected America.=
=Second—Whether the class war into which the World War developed had
hit America too.=
=Third—How the United States was readjusting itself to the inevitable
social changes.=
At the time the Bolsheviki seized the power in Russia, we Americans who
were there used to say to one another as we discussed the industrial and
social problems that faced the world, “At home we are going to work this
thing out another way.”
Are We Working Out the Problems in Another Way?
For several weeks I have been able to search for the answers to my own
questions. I have been going about the United States studying the social
and industrial unrest. To some of my questions I have answers which are
satisfactory, at least to myself. Behind others I must still leave
interrogation points. In addition I have seen things I had not thought
of, some of them tranquilizing, others disquieting.
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