10 Surprising People Who Advocated Socialism

[Cheese Sandwich]

Mark Twain

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Francis Bellamy, Author Of The Pledge Of Allegiance

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Albert Einstein, Physicist

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Helen Keller, Author And Activist


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George Orwell



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Nelson Mandela, Resistance Fighter And Politician



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Martin Luther King Jr., Activist And Pastor



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[daleanime]

1. K&R.....

[blm]

2. Great group of people. But, I am not surprised by the list.

Sick of the demonization.

[Downwinder]

3. Does no one remember Jack London?

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. Yes!

https://librivox.org/revolution-and-other-essays-by-jack-london/

Make that 11.

[Downwinder]

5. Now I can Rec.

[Cheese Sandwich]

6. LOL ok

[Doctor_J]

7. you should all read the Iron Heel

[Downwinder]

8. e-book free

Project Gutenberg Presents
The Iron Heel
by Jack London

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1164

[Ken Burch]

9. Well, Jack London's socialism was unfortunately compromised

by his support for the Imperial War of 1914-1918, and by his racism.

[rpannier]

10. Yes, I do

Last edited Mon May 4, 2015, 01:50 AM - Edit history (1)

I also remember for my literature classes that he was a racist as well

[babylonsister]

12. Really! Time to get with the program for me.

I remember my dad loving him.

[rpannier]

16. London was anti-Asian

He had rather low opinions of Japanese, Chinese and especially Koreans
I've seen in several articles where he was a social Darwinist as well

He was an excellent author. I like his novels.
It doesn't make his contributions any less significant - his essays/articles on the conditions of London are must reads to understand just how bad things were. And they did spur people in the US to action against similar conditions in the US

So, like most people, he was a mixed bag. His racism was part of him

[babylonsister]

18. My dad is/was pretty racist.

I never got it, but attributed it to his growing up in NY, though my mom never was AFAIK.

But he's a dichotomy; a liberal who hated Obama, now loves him. We shall see. He adored Hillary b/c of Bill.

We haven't talked about Bernie yet; Dad just turned 87.

[Cheese Sandwich]

15. First I've heard of that!

We're back down to 10 then. Thanks!

[rpannier]

17. My reply to a previous post

He had rather low opinions of Japanese, Chinese and especially Koreans
I've seen in several articles where he was a social Darwinist as well

He was an excellent author. I like his novels.
It doesn't make his contributions any less significant - his essays/articles on the conditions of London are must reads to understand just how bad things were. And they did spur people in the US to action against similar conditions in the US

So, like most people, he was a mixed bag. His racism was part of him

addition:
No one we look to is ever perfect.
I've seen articles where LBJ was a bit of a racist and Robert Byrd was a Klansman at one point
People are often complicated and finding the proverbial 'Knight in Shining Armor' is difficult, nay impossible
London's essays, articles and most of his novels are excellent and important works.
But, he was also a racist. I have seen nothing that said he was a violent Klansman or attacked Asians physically
But I've heard that he did support preventing people from Japan, China, Korea, etc from coming to the US

On edit. I don't think he deserves the same recognition asthe 10 you posted
But his contributions were important

[chknltl]

11. A government where the citizenry has the power to determine it's fate.

That is my personal definition of democracy, I believe that's what our 'Founding Fathers' were shooting for too. I confess to not being well read when it comes to history or how the various government types work but to me, my definition of democracy IS socialism.

[enlightenment]

13. And Huey Long.

Shouldn't forget him.