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In 1950, Du Bois ran for the New York State Senate on the American Labor Party ticket, and lost. Eight years later, he joined Trotskyists, ex-Communists, and independent radicals in proposing the creation of a new "popular front" coalition to challenge for seats in the New York State elections.

In 1950, Du Bois ran for the New York State Senate on the American Labor Party ticket, and lost. Eight years later, he joined Trotskyists, ex-Communists, and independent radicals in proposing the creation of a new "popular front" coalition to challenge for seats in the New York State elections.

Du Bois went back to China during Mao's “Great Leap Forward,” denied the concomitant famine (which claimed more than seven million victims), and defended the brutal Soviet suppression of the Hungarian revolt of 1956. In 1961 he joined the Communist Party, stating:

Du Bois went back to China during Mao's “Great Leap Forward,” denied the concomitant famine (which claimed more than seven million victims), and defended the brutal Soviet suppression of the Hungarian revolt of 1956. In 1961 he joined the Communist Party,<ref>Peter Kihiss, "[http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/05/specials/dubois-communist.html Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois Joins Communist Party at 93]," ''The New York Times'', November 23, 1961</ref> stating:

{{cquote|Capitalism cannot reform itself. Communism -- the effort to give all ... what they need and to ask of each the best they can contribute -- this is the only way of human life.<ref>[http://www.cpusa.org/african-american-communist-w-e-b-du-bois-1868-1963-/ African American Communist: W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)], Communist Party USA</ref>}}

{{cquote|Capitalism cannot reform itself. Communism -- the effort to give all ... what they need and to ask of each the best they can contribute -- this is the only way of human life.<ref>[http://www.cpusa.org/african-american-communist-w-e-b-du-bois-1868-1963-/ African American Communist: W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)], Communist Party USA</ref>}}