New Masses
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New Masses was a prominent American Marxist cultural and political magazine of the early to mid-20th century, known for its leftist commentary, art, and literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Masses canonical | 1 |
| The New Masses | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Masses Context triple: [Reginald Marsh, employer, New Masses]
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The Masses (magazine)
The Masses was a pioneering early 20th-century American socialist and radical magazine known for its political commentary, muckraking journalism, and influential leftist art and cartoons.
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B.
Mundo Obrero
Mundo Obrero is the historic newspaper and central organ of the Communist Party of Spain, serving as a key voice for Spanish communist ideology and workers' struggles.
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C.
The Socialist Call
The Socialist Call was a prominent American socialist newspaper that served as a key voice and organizing tool for the Socialist Party of America in the mid-20th century.
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D.
The Little Review
The Little Review was an influential early 20th-century American literary magazine known for publishing experimental modernist writers, including James Joyce.
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E.
The Red Decade
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Masses Target entity description: New Masses was a prominent American Marxist cultural and political magazine of the early to mid-20th century, known for its leftist commentary, art, and literature.
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A.
The Masses (magazine)
The Masses was a pioneering early 20th-century American socialist and radical magazine known for its political commentary, muckraking journalism, and influential leftist art and cartoons.
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B.
Mundo Obrero
Mundo Obrero is the historic newspaper and central organ of the Communist Party of Spain, serving as a key voice for Spanish communist ideology and workers' struggles.
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C.
The Socialist Call
The Socialist Call was a prominent American socialist newspaper that served as a key voice and organizing tool for the Socialist Party of America in the mid-20th century.
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D.
The Little Review
The Little Review was an influential early 20th-century American literary magazine known for publishing experimental modernist writers, including James Joyce.
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E.
The Red Decade
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist periodical
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cultural magazine ⓘ magazine ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Communist Party USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| cityOfPublication | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor |
Ben Shahn
NERFINISHED
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Clifford Odets NERFINISHED ⓘ Diego Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ Erskine Caldwell NERFINISHED ⓘ John Dos Passos NERFINISHED ⓘ Langston Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ William Gropper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editor |
Granville Hicks
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Dreiser NERFINISHED ⓘ Whittaker Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endPublicationDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| frequency |
monthly
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weekly ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
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literary criticism ⓘ political commentary ⓘ socialist realism ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Great Depression
NERFINISHED
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World War II era ⓘ |
| ideology | Marxism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leftist commentary
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proletarian literature ⓘ radical art ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
communist
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far-left ⓘ |
| predecessor | The Masses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | New Masses, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startPublicationDate | 1926 ⓘ |
| subject |
American politics
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anti-fascism ⓘ art ⓘ class struggle ⓘ labor movement ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| successor | Masses & Mainstream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: New Masses Description of subject: New Masses was a prominent American Marxist cultural and political magazine of the early to mid-20th century, known for its leftist commentary, art, and literature.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
The New Masses