Michael Davidow

Background

Michael Davidow was born on February 15, 1913 in Russia.

Education

Michael got his education at Brooklyn College.

Career

Michael spent the last 13 years of his life in Moscow as a correspondent for the American Communist Party newspaper People’s Weekly World. Davidow had a series of odd jobs before starting his writing career with the Daily World, formerly the Daily Worker.

Achievements

• Davidow authored and is famous for the several books and plays with a socialist outlook.

Works

• book

  • Life Without Landlords 1973

Politics

Davidow remained a Communist even after the fall of the Soviet Union and sided with the hard-line parliamentarians during the 1993 showdown with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, remaining in the parliament building as it was shelled by tanks.