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Paul Robeson

American singer, actor and activist, 1898 to 1976

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A celebrated singer and actor who spoke out for civil rights, labor and the Soviet Union, and had his passport revoked during the McCarthy era.

Paul Robeson sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, strongly peace-first on war and peace and strongly anti-establishment on institutions.

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Where Paul Robeson sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Paul Robeson

Paulo Freire Brazilian educator, 1921 to 199799%Colin Kaepernick American football player and activist98%Cornel West American philosopher and activist98%Henry George American economist and reformer, 1839 to 189798%Rosa Parks American civil rights activist, 1913 to 200598%Eugene V. Debs American socialist leader, 1855 to 192697%Zohran Mamdani Mayor of New York City, 2026 to present97%Bruce Springsteen American singer-songwriter96%

People furthest from Paul Robeson

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17157%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 19458%Augusto Pinochet Ruler of Chile, 1973 to 19908%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)9%

Political views closest to Paul Robeson

Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…98%CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.96%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.94%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…94%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Gordon Parks , Office of War Information; cropped by Beyond My Ken ( talk ) 07:13, 3 February 2011 (UTC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.