Word: womacks
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...Among students and faculty, [Marxism] doesn't cut much ice anymore," says Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics John Womack Jr. '59, a self-described Marxist who has been at Harvard since...
...Womack remembers when Communists had it hard on campus. During the McCarthy witchhunts of the 1950s, not even Harvard's clout could repel the anti-Communist fervor...
Students, too, benefited from the University's liberalism. Womack remembers that under state law, pro- fessors had to sign a loyalty oath not to join the Communist Party. "A friend of mine refused to sign it, and the University finally didn't make him," Womack says...
...University never suggested in any way that it cared what I thought politically," Womack says. "It's sort of a non-issue" among faculty...
Some of the doings of this Miami trio border on the farcical. Womack complains that his phone has been temporarily disconnected because of his constant calls to Port-au-Prince. "I can't get reimbursed for the $3,000 I owe the phone company," he says. Although firmly supportive of Haiti's military regime, Womack says he "got involved with these folks initially last spring to do business." He details an elaborate plan to tap U.S. aid funds for low-interest loans that would be used to transport New York City garbage to Haiti, where it would be processed into...