The father of Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg was a Marxist professor who spoke fondly of the Communist Manifesto and dedicated a significant portion of his academic career to the work of Italian Communist Party founder Antonio Gramsci, an associate of Vladimir Lenin.
David Ruccio and Joseph Buttigieg’s paper was presented at the November, 2003 Rethinking Marxism Conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst