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Hitchens, wearing a Kurdish flag pin (just behind his left index finger), speaking at the 2007 Amaz!ng Meeting at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas
Christopher Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author, polemicist, debater and journalist who in his youth took part in demonstrations against the Vietnam War, joined organisations such as the International Socialists while at university[1] and began to identify as a socialist. However, after 9/11 he no longer regarded himself as a socialist and his political thinking became largely dominated by the issue of defending civilization from terrorists and against the totalitarian regimes that protect them. Hitchens nonetheless continued to identify as a Marxist, endorsing the materialist conception of history, but believed that Karl Marx had underestimated the revolutionary nature of capitalism.[2] He sympathized with libertarian ideals of limited state interference, but considered libertarianism not to be a viable system. In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, he supported the Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. After 9/11, Hitchens advocated the invasion of Iraq. In the 2004 election, he very slightly favored the incumbent Republican President George W. Bush or was neutral[3] and in 2008 he favored the Democratic candidate Barack Obama over John McCain despite being critical of both of them.[4]
^Seymour, Richard (27 March 2012). "The late Christopher Hitchens". International Socialism (134). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^Hitchens, Christopher (1 April 2009). "The Revenge of Karl Marx". The Atlantic. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
^Hitchens, Christopher (31 October 2004). "Christopher Hitchens: Why I'm voting for Bush (but only just)". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^Hitchens, Christopher (13 October 2008). "Vote for Obama". Slate. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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