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{{Otherpeople|David Horowitz}}

'''David Joel Horowitz''' (born [[January 10]], [[1939]]) is an American [[American conservatism|conservative]] writer and activist.  The son of two life-long members of the Communist Party and once a prominent supporter of [[Marxism]] as well as a member of the [[New Left]] in the [[1960s]], Horowitz later rejected [[Leftism]] and is now a prominent advocate  for [[right-wing]] causes. He is a founder of the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] (fo(contracted; show full)on, sought to distance himself from the [[Soviet Union]]. Horowitz was employed during the 1960s as a political aide to [[Bertrand Russell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=1085 |title=Spies Like Us |accessdate=2007-02-01 |first=David |last=Horowitz |date=1997-10-07 |publisher=FrontPageMagazine.com }}</ref> Horowitz at this time was a close friend and associate of Marxist historian [[Isaac Deutscher]]. Horowitz wrote a biography of Deutscher in 1971.
  <ref>''Isaac Deutscher: The Man and his work.'' London: Macdonald, 1971.</ref>

After returning to the U.S. in 1968 Horowitz wrote several books that were influential in New Left critiques of American society and particularly its [[Foreign relations of the United States|foreign policy]], including ''The Free World Colossus: A Critique of American Foreign Policy in the Cold War''. Horowitz was an editor at the influential New Left magazine, ''[[Ramparts magazine|Ramparts]].''

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