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Helen cited the French Revolution to illustrate her belief that "bloodshed" was sometimes necessary in pursuit of democracy.

Helen was among the American authors, including Upton Sinclair and Jack London who had been singled out by Nazis as an enemy of the new order.

Helen found no evidence however that her country was committed to true democracy. Instead she charged the United States had become a "democracy where Negroes may be massacred and their property burned. A democracy where lynching and child labor are tolerated. "

When Emma Goldman was arrested in New York for distributing pamphlets advocating women's right to birth control in 1913. Helen weighed in and offered her unconditional support.

"We can't have education without revolution."

The 1927 Supreme Court decision Buck v. Bell overwhelmingly upheld Virginia's right to forcibly sterilize "feebleminded" people. The practice continued well into the 1950s, and eugenic attitudes would also witness many Black and Indigenous women sterilized against their will.

"The money power behind the newspapers is against Socialism. I find the editors obedient to the hand that feeds them will go to any length to put down Socialism and undermine the influence of Socialism."