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George Marion
1905–1955
A journalist and author shaped by left-wing politics and the upheavals of the 1930s, he reported on the Spanish Civil War and later wrote sharply critical books about American power and the press. His work reflects a life spent close to political struggle, both as a writer and an activist.
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The "free press" : portrait of a monopoly
by George Marion
About the author
Born in St. Louis in 1905, George Marion was a journalist, author, and political activist. Archival records identify him as having joined the Communist Party after moving to New York, and as writing during a turbulent period when journalism, ideology, and international conflict were deeply entangled.
In 1936 he went to Spain to cover the Spanish Civil War for the Daily Worker and New Masses. Sources connected with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives also note that he was born Marion Greenspan and wrote under the name George Marion, with additional work appearing under the pseudonym James Hawthorne.
Marion later published nonfiction books including Bases and Empire and The Free Press: Portrait of a Monopoly. He died in 1955, leaving behind a body of work tied to mid-20th-century radical journalism and debate over media, war, and American influence.