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{{Otherpeople|David Horowitz}}
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His parents were long-standing members of the [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]]. While still identifying as a [[Marxism|Marxist]], Horowitz, like many other [[left-wing politics|left wing]] figures of his generation, sought to distance himself from the [[Soviet Union]].{{
FactCitation needed|date=August 2008}} In the 1960s he was employed 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> At this time, Horowitz was a close friend and associate of Marxist historian [[Isaac Deutscher]]. Horowitz wrote a biography of Deutscher in 1971.<ref>''Isaac Deutscher: The Man (contracted; show full)

In 2006, ''Front Page'' Magazine accused a [[Brandeis University]] Professor of including [[anti-American]] bias in his classroom.{{
factCitation needed|date=September 2009}} ''The Justice'', one of the University's independent student newspapers, discovered that the article lacked significant evidence and questioned much of the writer's sources.{{factCitation needed|date=September 2009}} The ''Front Page'' article also failed to attribute quotes and information that it lifted from the Justice.{{factCitation needed|date=September 2009}} 

Finally, Horowitz has referred to the case of a student named Ahmad al-Qloushi, whose professor allegedly responded to an "irrational[ly]" "pro-American" essay by failing him and threatening to visit the Dean of International Admissions (who had the power to take away [[student visa]]s) to make sure he received regular [[psychological treatment]].<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16550 FrontPage Magazine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>(contracted; show full)

==Books and other publications==

* ''Student: The Political Activities of the Berkeley Students'' (New York: Ballantine Books, 1962)

* ''Corporations and the Cold War'' (editor) (New York: Monthly Review, 1969)

* ''Sinews of Empire'' Ramparts, October 1969, pp.
  &nbsp;32–42

* ''Empire and Revolution: A Radical Interpretation of Contemporary History'' (1969) ISBN 0-394-70856-3

* ''Corporations and the Cold War'', edited, and with introduction (1970) ISBN 0-85345-160-5

* ''The Free World Colossus: A Critique of American Foreign Policy in the Cold War'' (1971) ISBN 0-8090-0107-1

(contracted; show full)'I have written a book with [[Jacob Laksin]] about universities called ''One Party Classroom''. Among other things, the title highlights the fact that so-called liberals have purged American faculties of conservative voices. It has been the most successful [[witch-hunt]] in American history.'' — [http://townhall.com/columnists/DavidHorowitz/2009/05/04/the_threat_at_home The Threat at Home]

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*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/ FrontPage magazine.com About Horowitz]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Content/read.asp?ID=27 Bibliography Of Published Works]
*[http://townhall.com/columnists/DavidHorowitz/2009/05/04/the_threat_at_home The Threat at Home] by David Horowitz
*[http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/ Students for Academic Freedom] - website promoting Horowitz's "Academic Bill of Rights"
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