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Commies

A Journey through the Old Left, the New Left, and the Leftover Left

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Commies

By: Ronald Radosh
Narrated by: Yuri Rasovsky
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 Ronald Radosh's earliest memory is of being trundled off to a May Day demonstration by his Communist parents. Radosh grew up in the parallel universe of American Communism. When he entered the University of Wisconsin in the late 1950s, he became a founding father of the New Left and was on the center stage during the 60s.

But if Commies is an intimate social history of the American Left over the past half-century, it is also a compelling story of a crisis of radical faith. In the early 80s, Radosh wrote the groundbreaking work The Rosenberg File, intending to prove the martyrs were innocent. But after examining government files, he became convinced of the Rosenbergs' guilt. As the publication of his book provoked attacks and blacklisting from his former friends in the Left, Radosh began to question his past allegiances.

©2001 Ronald Radosh (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Americas Historical Politics & Government United States
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