Red diaper baby
A red diaper baby is a child of parents who were members of the United States Communist Party (CPUSA) or the Communist Party of Canada in Canada or were close to the party or sympathetic to its aims.[1][2][3]
History
The term Red Diaper Baby was used by
.In their 1998 book radical parent, regardless of that parent's past partisan affiliation (or the affiliation of the child).
In the 1976 film Marathon Man, the lead character, Thomas Levy, played by Dustin Hoffman, is a "red diaper baby."[6]
Notable red diaper babies include journalist Carl Bernstein and rock singer Country Joe McDonald.[7]
Canadian political scientist James Laxer titled his 2005 memoir Red Diaper Baby: A Boyhood in the Age of McCarthyism.
References
- ^ "Mill Valley "red diaper daughter" documents her radical roots". Marin Independent Journal. 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ^ Hall, Tom (March 14, 2020). "Today's Red-Diaper Baby Dilemma". LA Progressive.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ISBN 1-56279-087-0.
- ^
Kaplan, Judy & Shapiro, Linn (1998). Red Diapers: Growing Up in the Communist Left. ISBN 0-252-06725-8.
In this anthology, we define red diaper babies as children of CP members, children of former CP members, and children whose parents never became members of ...
- ^ Radosh, Ronald; Radosh, Aliss. "Red Star Over Hollywood. The Film Colony's Long Romance with the Left". Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- ^ "Red Diaper Babies". AP News. Archived from the original on 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
Further reading
- ISBN 1-58005-160-X.
- Bock, Laura (2017). Red Diaper Daughter: Three Generations of Rebels and Revolutionaries. Laura Bock. ISBN 978-0-99816-160-0.
- Christie, Chris (2010). This American Family: Growing Up as a Red Diaper Baby - A Memoir. Booklocker. ISBN 978-1-60910-580-8.
- Flacks, Mickey; Flacks, Dick (2018). Making History / Making Blintzes: How Two Red Diaper Babies Found Each Other and Discovered America. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-81358-922-0.
- Horowitz, David (1996). Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey. Simon & Schuster.
- Kaplan, Judy; Shapiro, Linn, eds. (1998). Red Diapers: Growing up in the Communist Left. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-25202-161-4.
- Kimmage, Ann (1998). An Un-American Childhood. University of Georgia Press.
- ISBN 1-55365-073-5.
- Review of Laxer's book by Nicole LibinLaxer, James (January 2004). "View of Red Diaper Baby: A Boyhood in the Age of McCarthyism (Nicole Libin)". Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes: 127. . Retrieved May 11, 2023.
- Mishler, Paul C. (1999). Raising Reds. ISBN 0-231-11045-6.
- Radosh, Ronald (2001). Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left. Encounter Books. ISBN 1-89355-405-8.
- Rosenberg, Daniel (2008). Underground Communists in the McCarthy Period: A Family Memoir. ISBN 978-0-77344-842-1.