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'''Edmund Wilson''' was an editor at ''The New Republic'' who embraced [[Marxism]] and welcomed the stock market crash of 1929 as a portent of the death of [[capitalism]]. In 1932 he voted for [[Communist Party]] presidential candidate [[William Z. Foster]] and signed a manifesto calling for "a temporary dictatorship of the class-conscious workers."<ref>Alex Ross, “[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/03/24/030324crat_atlarge Ghost Sonata: Edmund Wilson’s adventure with Communism],” ''The New Yorker'', March 24, 2003</ref> | '''Edmund Wilson''' was an editor at ''The New Republic'' who embraced [[Marxism]] and welcomed the stock market crash of 1929 as a portent of the death of [[capitalism]]. In 1932 he voted for [[Communist Party]] presidential candidate [[William Z. Foster]] and signed a manifesto calling for "a temporary dictatorship of the class-conscious workers."<ref>Alex Ross, “[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/03/24/030324crat_atlarge Ghost Sonata: Edmund Wilson’s adventure with Communism],” ''The New Yorker'', March 24, 2003</ref> | ||
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Edmund Wilson was an editor at The New Republic who embraced Marxism and welcomed the stock market crash of 1929 as a portent of the death of capitalism. In 1932 he voted for Communist Party presidential candidate William Z. Foster and signed a manifesto calling for "a temporary dictatorship of the class-conscious workers."[1]
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- ↑ Alex Ross, “Ghost Sonata: Edmund Wilson’s adventure with Communism,” The New Yorker, March 24, 2003