Immersed In Red: My Formative Years in a Marxist Household

by Mike Shotwell

Immersed in Red chronicles Mr. Shotwell’s exposure to Marxist ideology during his formative years, experiencing irrationality of Soviet idealism in all facets of daily life. Spending two years in the U.S. Peace Corps in Venezuela as a young adult, he came face to face with the corrosive nature of communism on a budding democracy, which challenged his long-held leftist beliefs. With a deep understanding born of first-hand experience, Mr. Shotwell takes us through his compelling story of his stepfather’s devotion to the anti-American Soviet cause; family friends who were entrenched in Soviet espionage; our nation’s current self-destructive move toward progressivism, atheism and socialism; and his own ultimate emergence from leftist ideology. Shotwell describes the evolution of “economic Marxism” into its current guise “cultural Marxism,” the early twentieth-century movement that resulted in the radical ’60s and ’70s, and which profoundly affects us to this day. Immersed in Red displays an authority which can only be gained from having lived the lies and discovered the truth.

261 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 18, 2016

Reviews

[Jamie Bisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very rare look deep inside the extreme American Left and its aggressive tendrils through US politics from the late 1930s into the 1970s. These self-indulgent Stalinist fools were the catalyst for the Red Scare and Cold War paranoia. But this book shows how these secret suburban Communist revolutionaries were much more than the blathering hypocritical buffoons they appeared to be, they were truly dangerous to our society... An illuminating keyhole view of a hidden corner of American history.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Both my husband and myself read this book and are recommending it to our book club. It was a real eye opener. We appreciate hearing this first hand account of what it was like growing up in a Marxist household. Sincerely, Val & Becky Basica