Lefty despair

[Michael Pugliese]

Dennis (not Eugene!
http://btobsearch.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?btob=Y&isbn=0300061838 ) 
Perrin>...Popular Front culture was by  and large subordinate to the  Party. How many
ex- (and not quite so ex-)  commies later complained about  how their
articles, books and songs had  to reflect the Party Line and  the CP's view of
Americanism? No, not every  single person had to bow to  Browder and Co., but
for many it was an  ideologically rigid time.

   Yup. Just read any of these standard texts on the treatment of such as Richard Wright, Albert 
Maltz, James T. Farrell and Max Eastman. "Writers on the Left, " by Daniel Aaron, preface by Alan 
Wald, Columbia U. Press. "A Note on Literary Criticism, " by James T. Farrell, Columbia U. Press. 
"The NY Intellectuals, " by Alan Wald, U. of N. Carolina Press if memory serves. "Artists In Uniform, 
" by Max Eastman. A warmer treatment of PopFront in, "The Cultural Front, " Verso Books, by Michael 
Denning. Navasky also deals w/Maltz affair in, "Naming Names."
Michael Pugliese