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Originally Posted by TheLongshot
Which is part of the reason my wife loves his books (the other part being that she's interested in that era of history). BTW, I haven't seen anything that describes him as a "communist" other than by people from the other side of the aisle. I certainly haven't seen much evidence of it in his writings.
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Actually its a self avowed socialist. From his
biography at his website.
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By the summer of 1971, I decided to leave the academic world. The reason, in a nutshell, was that after years of being politically active (mainly in the civil rights movement and the anti-Vietnam war movement) I had become a socialist. And the truth is that I didn’t have much use — still don’t — for academic socialists. It seemed to me then — still does — that a socialist political activist belongs on the shop floors of American industry and in its union halls, not in the ivory tower.
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I enjoyed the 1632 series up to Ram Rebellion which was just really goofy. Quit on that one guess I should go back and see what else is going on with the series but haven't done it yet. I also enjoyed
The Belisarius Saga with David Drake.