Andrew Rothstein

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Andrew Rothstein (1898, London - 1994) was a Russian-British journalist.

His parents were Russian immigrants and members of the SDF and BSP - his father was Theodore Rothstein. In 1920 he became press officer to the first Soviet mission in Britain and was a foundation member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He worked as London correspondent for the Russian Telegraph Agency (Rosta), for the Soviet press as foreign correspondent and was president of the Foreign Press Association.

In 1946, Rothstein became a lecturer at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies; he continued writing during his retirement and in 1988, he joined the breakaway-Communist Party of Britain.

[edit] Major works

• The soviet constitution, 1923
• In Defence of Materialism, 1947
• Man and plan in Soviet economy, 1948
• A History of the U.S.S.R, 1950
• Peaceful coexistence, 1955

[edit] External links

• http://www.icehousebooks.co.uk/A_rothsteina.htm
• Compendium of Communist Biography by surname

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