Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kwenguva yakati, Fromm aiitawo zvematongerwo enyika muUnited States. 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 nebhidha nokuda kwe
Mukusarudzwa kweDemocratic semutungamiri wenyika, Fromm akanyanya kana kuti zvishoma akasiya nzvimbo yezvematongerwe enyika yeAmerica, kunyange zvazvo akanyora pepa muna 1974 rine musoro unoti "Mashoko pamusoro peMitemo yeDtente" nokuda kwekunzwa kwakaitwa neU.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Fromm akapiwa mubayiro weNelly Sachs Prize muna 1979.