Harry Gannes Explained

Harry Gannes
Caption:	Daily Worker Foreign Editor
Birth Date:	1900
Birth Place:	Hull, England
Death Date:	3 January 1941
Death Place:	New York City
Occupation:	Journalist
Spouse:	Pearl Roth Gannes (third marriage)
Children:	daughter from second marriage, son (David) from third marriage

Harry Gannes (1900–1941), was a British-born American journalist, foreign editor of the Daily Worker during much of the 1930s, was a communist of national prominence.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Harry Gannes was one of the founders (in 1922) of the Young Workers League, the predecessor of the Young Communist League, serving briefly as its general secretary.^[3] As foreign editor of the Daily Worker he was a mentor to Theodore Draper,^[4] 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,^[3] 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 (1938) 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

• Spain in Revolt : A History of the Civil War in Spain, 1936, with Theodore Draper
• When China Unites An Interpretive History Of The Chinese Revolution, 1937

Pamphlets

• Youth under Americanism. With George Oswald. Chicago: Young Workers League of America, 1922.
• Yankee Colonies Imperialist Rule in the Philippines, Porto Rico, Hawaii and Other Possessions. New York: International Pamphlets, 1930.
• Graft and Gangsters. Jacob Burck, illustrator. New York City: Workers Library Publishers, 1931.
• Kentucky Miners Fight 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.
• Soviets in Spain: The October Armed Uprising against Fascism. New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1935
• War in Africa Italian Fascism Prepares to Enslave Ethiopia. New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1935.
• Spain Defends Democracy: The Truth about the Fascist Plot. New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1936.
• How the Soviet Union Helps Spain. New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1936.
• The Munich Betrayal. New York City: Workers Library Publishers, 1938.

Notes and References

1. "Red Editor Here Dies, Facing U.S. Charges," The New York Times, January 7, 1941
2. "Communist Dies: Federal court asked to drop action against Gannis [sic]" Buffalo Courier Express, 7 January 1941
3. "Harry Gannes Dies," Daily Worker, Jan. 5, 1941
4. Draper, "Preface" to paperback edition of American Communism and Soviet Russia, pg. xi.