Communism

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Theme or Topic Treated in Text	Christina Stead	She was enthusiastic about this extraordinary event, with its delegates from thirty-five countries and audiences of four thousand people. She applauded the Communist speakers and was contemptuous of the genial, gentle liberals like E. M. Forster

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21-25 June 1935

The First International Congress of Writers for the Defence of Culture (an anti-fascist event urging the responsibility of writers to their society) was held in Paris.

14 August 1939

Four hundred US intellectuals signed an open letter to All Active Supporters of Democracy and Peace asserting that the USSR was a bulwark against war and aggression,

Rowley, Hazel. Christina Stead: A Biography. Secker and Warburg.

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contrary to politically orthodox views.

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