To add to my previous post, I heartily agree that " Communism has never proven to be anything but a fast track to totalitarianism." That is an easy assessment to make with 20/20 hindsight. In the 1930's and 1940's, however, the atrocities of communist rule were NOT common knowledge.

Here is the link to "The New Red Negro," quoted above: The New Red Negro: The Literary Left ... - Google Book Search