India League of America Suggested Reading List
Suggested reading list collated by the India League of America. Included on the list are writings by H.H. Brailsford, R. Palme Dutte, Louis Fischer, Kumar Goshal, Lin Yutang, Jawaharlal Nehru, among others.
World Significance of Mahatma Gandhi
Pamphlet published by the Friends of Freedom for India titled World Significance of Mahatma Gandhi. The content is an essay by John Haynes Holmes, Minister of the Community Church of New York City, first published in Unity (April 6, 1922).
The Non-Violent Army of Satyagraha
Essay by Haridas Mazumdar on Satyagraha, non-violence, and resistance to conscription. Mazumdar writes, "100,000 young men between the ages of 21 and 35 can bring about a profound non-violent revolution in the United States of America and, indeed, in the whole world."
Haridas Mazumdar on pacifism
Essay by Haridas Mazumdar on the philosophy of Pacificism, dated September 21, 1943.
Mass Meeting
Poster for a mass meeting organized by the Friends of Freedom for India to "demand general amnesty for political prisoners," and "protest against deportation of Hindu political prisoners." The speakers listed include Robert Morss Lovett, Dudley Field Malone, Norman M. Thomas, Peter Golden, Henry Jaeger and Frank P. Walsh. The date listed is April 10 (year unspecified).
India's Challenge to American Radicals
Pamphlet published by the Friends of Freedom for India titled India's Challenge to American Radicals. The content is an essay by Sailendranath Ghose, first published in Young Democracy (June 1, 1919).
The Crisis In India
Published in 1942, The Crisis in India contains two essays first published in New York-based Fellowship: the first by Haridas Mazumdar, detailing Gandhi's political strategies during World War II; the second by Gandhi's secretary Mahadev Desai.
