Buttigieg’s Red Roots

Democrat presidential nomination hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s father Joseph was a naturalized U.S. citizen, born and raised in Malta, a place that blends European and Arab culture. His politics are interesting, per the Washington Examiner.

Joseph Buttigieg, who died in January at the age of 71, immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s from Malta and in 1980 joined the University of Notre Dame faculty, where he taught modern European literature and literary theory. He supported an updated version of Marxism that jettisoned some of Marx and Engel's more doctrinaire theories, though he was undoubtedly Marxist.

He was an adviser to Rethinking Marxism, an academic journal that published articles “that seek to discuss, elaborate, and/or extend Marxian theory,” and a member of the editorial collective of Boundary 2, a journal of postmodern theory, literature, and culture. He spoke at many Rethinking Marxism conferences and other gatherings of prominent Marxists.

In a 2000 paper for Rethinking Marxism critical of the approach of Human Rights Watch, Buttigieg, along with two other authors, refers to "the Marxist project to which we subscribe." (emphasis added)

One wonders how far Pete’s apple has fallen from Joseph’s tree. Author Sarah Hoyt, who posts at Instapundit, calls Mayor Pete “another red diaper baby,” a term most notably applied to Barack Obama.