Eastman

Max·Forrest·eastman（English：Max Forrester Eastman，1883Year1moon4day—1969Year3moon25day），American writer、poet、well-known political activist，Writing content involving literature、philosophy and sociology。While in graduate school in New York, I came into contact with radicals in Greenwich Village.，Start supporting socialism，was a major benefactor of the Harlem Renaissance，for advocating many freedoms、Radical ideological activities and social activities。 He was the editor of the journal Masses. In 1917, together with his sister Christel Eastman, he founded the radical political and artistic journal "The Liberator". 1922autumn solstice1924summer，Eastman lived in the Soviet Union，Witness the power struggle between Trotsky and Stalin，It also witnessed Stalin’s eventual sudden seizure of power.。As a witness to the Great Purge and Soviet totalitarianism，He first criticized Stalinism，Later, he went on to fiercely criticize both communism and socialism in the broad sense.，Turn to advocate the free market economic model of Iran，against communism，Although he still retained his atheistic views。 1955Year，he published《Reflections on the failure of socialism》a book，Although his later articles were mostly found in《national review》publications that tend to be conservative，But his thoughts have always remained independent，for example，exist1960Era，He publicly criticized the United States over the Vietnam War before most others.。 When Eastman left the Soviet Union, he took a copy of Lenin's Testament with him. After returning to the United States in 1927, he changed his views and began to fiercely criticize socialism, communism, and the Stalinist system. Eastman's wife's brother was the old Bolshevik Nikolay Vasilyevich Krylenko.