Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wā o te Russian Revolution, ka hoki a Schapiro ki Rūhia, ā, ka āwhina i ngā Bolsheviks i roto i tō rātou hopu mana i te wā o te October Revolution. Whai muri i te Pakanga o Rūhia me te
Kronstandt Uprising, i tukinotia nga anarchists i te Soviet Union, ka mawhiti a Schapiro ki Uropi ki te Hauauru, ka noho ki New York City. I noho a Schapiro ki te whakarau mo te toenga o tona oranga.