There were lots of people who rejected Stalinism & Soviet espionage without embracing Richard Nixon and the Republican right.
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That is the problem in how the question was formulated. There are many critiques of the SDS trajectory in 60s, of Trotskyism in 30s, of Stalinism that come from the left, not from the right. Say what you want about Harrington and Howe, they were on the left all of their lives.
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True, although to speak to Gabriel's point, I don't think Harrington and Howe's grumpy reaction to the New Left was their finest moment (as they themselves came to acknowledge)
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Absolutely. At the same time, the trajectory of SDS actually vindicates a great deal of the substance of their criticisms, if not the ways in which they articulated them.
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Replying to @LeoECasey @HeerJeet and
A number of rather prominent African-American writers criticized their earlier participation in CP -- not just McKay, but also Wright and Ellison -- without suffering in the slightest in terms of how "history" has seen them.
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Right, but that's not quite the generational critique Gabriel had in mind.
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