Kammala wannan jumla: Richmond ya taimaka ya kafa Jaridar Daily People's World wacce jaridar hagu ce a San Francisco, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin editan zartarwa. Daga baya, Richmond ya ce game da yakin neman zabe na 'yan gurguzu na Sanata Joseph McCarthy, "Ina ganin cewa an yi wa mutane da yawa shiru, kuma janyewarsu daga sadaukar da kai ga zamantakewar jama'a ya daɗe bayan haka". Richmond ya bar jam'iyyar a 1968 bayan da jaridar ta soki Soviet Union don
mamayewar Czechoslovakia, ko da yake ya kasance Marxist. Littafin tarihinsa, "Doguwar Ra'ayi Daga Hagu", an buga shi a 1973.