John Spargo at Wikipedia

[John Simkin]

John Spargo was a minor socialist figure at the beginning of the 20th century. Yet, he has a very detailed page at Wikipedia. The page includes 31 references. Nearly all of them refer to Markuu Ruotsila's book, John Spargo and American Socialism (2006). In fact, the page is no more than a detailed promotion of Ruotsila's book. Ruotsila is a NeoCon who has been attracted to Spargo as he was a Marxist who moved sharply to the right during the First World War. Nothing he says about Spargo is untrue but it just shows you the subtle use of Wikipedia as propaganda.

http://stupidest.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/the-wacky-world-of-markku-ruotsila-finnish-neocon/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spargo

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAspargo.htm