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Virendranath Chattopadhyaya

Virendranath Chattopadhyaya

Virendranath Chattopadhyaya (31 October 1880 – 2 September 1937), also known by his pseudonym Chatto, was a prominent Indian revolutionary who worked to overthrow the British Raj in India using armed force. He created alliances with the Germans during World War I, was part of the Berlin Committee organising Indian students in Europe against the British, and explored actions by the Japanese at the time.

He went to Moscow in 1920 to develop support by the communists for the Indian movement, including among Asians in Moscow who were working on revolutionary movements. He joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). He lived in Moscow for several years in the 1930s. Arrested in July 1937 in the Great Purge, Chatto was executed on 2 September 1937. He was the brother of prominent political activist and poet Sarojini Naidu.

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Agnes Smedley

Agnes Smedley

Agnes Smedley ( - ) était une journaliste américaine et militante communiste. Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a milité aux États-Unis pour l'indépendance de l'Inde, bénéficiant du soutien financier de l'Allemagne, puis du Komintern pour promouvoir la révolution mondiale et a soutenu la révolution chinoise de 1911. Elle a aussi défendu diverses causes comme les droits des femmes, le contrôle des naissances et le bien-être des enfants.

Smedley a écrit six livres, dont un roman, des reportages et une biographie du général chinois Zhu De. Elle a travaillé pour des journaux comme le New York Call, le Frankfurter Zeitung et le Manchester Guardian, et écrit pour des périodiques tels que la Modern Review (en), New Masses, The New Republic et The Nation.

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