Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Richmond wuxuu ka caawiyay aasaaska The Daily People's World oo ahayd wargeys garab bidix ah oo ku yaal San Francisco, wuxuuna u adeegay sidii tifaftire fulineed. Markii dambe, Richmond wuxuu ka sheegay ololihii ka soo horjeedka shuuciyadda ee Senator Joseph McCarthy, "Waxaan u maleynayaa in dad badan la aamusiiyey, iyo ka bixitaankooda ballanqaadka bulshada ayaa sii dheeraaday muddo dheer kadib". Richmond wuxuu ka baxay xisbiga 1968 kadib markii wargeyskiisa uu ku dhaliilay midowgi Soviet
wuxuu ahaa mid ka soo horjeeda dagaalkii ka dhacay Czechoslovakia, inkastoo uu ahaa nin Marxist ah. Buugiisa taariikh nololeed, "A Long View From The Left", waxaa la daabacay 1973.