The Red Decade
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The Red Decade is a 1941 anti-communist exposé by former American communist leader Benjamin Gitlow, critiquing the influence of communist ideology on U.S. politics and culture in the 1930s.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Red Decade canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Red Decade Context triple: [Benjamin Gitlow, authored, The Red Decade]
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A.
The Revolutionist
"The Revolutionist" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, included in his collection *In Our Time*, that portrays a young political idealist in postwar Europe.
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B.
Memories of Lenin
Memories of Lenin is a biographical memoir by Nadezhda Krupskaya that offers a personal account of Vladimir Lenin’s life and revolutionary activities.
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C.
October: Ten Days That Shook the World
"October: Ten Days That Shook the World" is a 1928 Soviet silent historical film by Sergei Eisenstein that dramatizes the events of the 1917 October Revolution using his pioneering montage techniques.
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D.
The Making of a Comrade
"The Making of a Comrade" is a political and autobiographical work by Ralph Gonsalves that reflects on his ideological development, activism, and the broader struggles of Caribbean leftist politics.
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E.
Permanent Revolution
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Red Decade Target entity description: The Red Decade is a 1941 anti-communist exposé by former American communist leader Benjamin Gitlow, critiquing the influence of communist ideology on U.S. politics and culture in the 1930s.
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A.
The Revolutionist
"The Revolutionist" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, included in his collection *In Our Time*, that portrays a young political idealist in postwar Europe.
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B.
Memories of Lenin
Memories of Lenin is a biographical memoir by Nadezhda Krupskaya that offers a personal account of Vladimir Lenin’s life and revolutionary activities.
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C.
October: Ten Days That Shook the World
"October: Ten Days That Shook the World" is a 1928 Soviet silent historical film by Sergei Eisenstein that dramatizes the events of the 1917 October Revolution using his pioneering montage techniques.
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D.
The Making of a Comrade
"The Making of a Comrade" is a political and autobiographical work by Ralph Gonsalves that reflects on his ideological development, activism, and the broader struggles of Caribbean leftist politics.
-
E.
Permanent Revolution
Permanent Revolution is a seminal Marxist theory text by Leon Trotsky that argues socialist revolutions in less-developed countries must become continuous and international to succeed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ political book ⓘ |
| aimsTo | expose communist influence in American life ⓘ |
| author | Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
Communist Party USA
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fellow travelers ⓘ liberal intellectuals sympathetic to communism ⓘ popular front politics ⓘ |
| describes | activities of American communists in the 1930s ⓘ |
| discusses |
cultural and intellectual circles in the U.S.
ⓘ
front organizations ⓘ labor unions ⓘ |
| documents |
organizational tactics of American communists
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propaganda methods used by communist groups in the U.S. ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-communist literature
ⓘ
political exposé ⓘ |
| hasAuthorBackground | former American communist leader ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | American anti-communist discourse ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalOrientation | conservative anti-communist ⓘ |
| hasReputation | controversial account of U.S. communism ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Popular Front era in the United States
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Soviet influence on American politics ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression era
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linked to:
Great Depression
pre-World War II United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Benjamin Gitlow's experiences in the Communist Party USA ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general American readership concerned with politics
ⓘ
policy makers and opinion leaders in the U.S. ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American left-wing movements
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American politics in the 1930s ⓘ communism in the United States ⓘ influence of communist ideology on U.S. culture ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed insider account of American communism
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early Cold War–era anti-communist narrative precursor ⓘ |
| perspective | anti-communist ⓘ |
| portrays |
Communist Party USA as a threat to American democracy
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linked to:
Communist Party USA
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| publicationDate | 1941 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cold War anti-communism
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McCarthyism (as a precursor in anti-communist thought) ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1930s ⓘ |
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Subject: The Red Decade Description of subject: The Red Decade is a 1941 anti-communist exposé by former American communist leader Benjamin Gitlow, critiquing the influence of communist ideology on U.S. politics and culture in the 1930s.
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subject linked to:
Gitlow was a socialist political activist