[VIDEO] Commie Cowboys Author Ryan McMaken on the Wild West

[purplechoe]

Denver author Ryan McMaken sits down with host Jon Caldara to discuss his new book "Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoise and the Nation-State in the Western Genre."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkxlCa9wJH0

Great interview, I know some of you will be surprised that John Ford probably the most famous of the old Hollywood directors most known for his westerns with John Wayne sympathized with the socialists/ authoritarians, although if you've seen "Grapes of Wrath" you might have suspected where his true leaning were...

[BuddyRey]

This is a must-see. Thanks for sharing!

I always thought there was something subtlely statist in those John Ford movies, and it's glad to finally know why. I might actually have to read this guy's book.