Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kwenguva yakati, Fromm akanga achishingairawo mune zvematongerwe enyika yeU.S. Akabatana neSocialist Party of America pakati pemakore ekuma1950, uye akaita zvose zvaaigona kuti avabatsire kupa imwe nzira yekuona mafungiro eMcCarthyist mune dzimwe pfungwa dzezvematongerwe enyika dzeUS. Uyu murangariro wakasiana wakaratidzirwa zvakanakisisa mubhuku rake ra1961 rinonzi "May Man Prevail? Kuongorora Chokwadi Nezvinhu Zvisiri Zvechokwadi Zvomutemo Wokumwe". Zvisinei, semumwe wevakavamba SANE, kushingaira kwakasimba kwezvematongerwe enyika kwaFromm kwaive mubato rerunyararo rwenyika dzese, vachirwisa nhangemutange yezvombo zvenyukireya uye kubatanidzwa kweU.S. muHondo yeVietnam. Mushure mokutsigira seneta Eugene McCarthy akarasikirwa nechinangwa chokusarudzwa kweMutungamiri weDemocrat
Muna 1974, Fromm akanyanya kana kuti zvishoma akasiya zvematongerwe enyika zveAmerica, kunyange zvazvo akanyora pepa muna 1974 rakanzi "Mashoko pamusoro peMitemo yeDtente" nokuda kwekunzwa kwakaitwa neU.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Fromm akapiwa mubayiro weNelly Sachs Prize muna 1979.