When I joined the Communist... by Albert Maltz, an American Author

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“When I joined the Communist movement in 1935 it was based upon the belief that mankind's future was to be found there. Certainly, millions who joined it the world over, like myself, didn't join it for profit.”

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Name: Albert Maltz

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Oct 28, 1908

Date of Death: Apr 26, 1985

Profession: Author

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By the time I came down from Yale, I was already more radicalized and had begun to read New Masses.

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And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has never seen before. This was an inspiring body of literature to read.

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I graduated in 1930 and I went up to the Yale Drama School for two years.

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When I joined the Communist movement in 1935 it was based upon the belief that mankind's future was to be found there. Certainly, millions who joined it the world over, like myself, didn't join it for profit.

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By the time I was at college, I became very alert to the question of racial discrimination, and I remember one of my first writing attempts had to do with a lynching.

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