Editing Futurians (section)

==Political tendencies==

At the time the Futurians were formed, Donald Wollheim was strongly attracted by [[communism]] and believed that followers of science fiction "should actively work for the realization of the scientific world-state as the only genuine justification for their activities and existence".<ref name = "Carr">{{cite book |last=Carr |first=Terry |title=Classic Science Fiction: The First Golden Age |year=1979 |publisher= [[Robson Books]] |isbn=0-86051-070-0}} p. 430</ref> It was to this end that Wollheim formed the Futurians, and many of its members were in some degree interested in the political applications of science fiction. Members of the Futurians, including Wollheim, Michel, Lowndes, and Cohen briefly became interested in [[Technocracy movement|Technocracy]], a utopian movement led by [[Howard Scott (engineer)|Howard Scott]], and attended a study course, although they later dismissed Scott as a "crackpot".<ref name = "Knight">{{cite book |last=Knight |first=Damon |title=The Futurians |year=1977 |publisher=John Day}} pp. 47–8</ref>

Hence the group included supporters of [[Trotskyism]], like [[Judith Merril]] and others who would have been deemed [[far left]] for the era ([[Frederik Pohl]] became a member of the [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]] in 1936, but quit in 1939).

Pohl, in his autobiography, ''[[The Way the Future Was]]'', said Wollheim voted for [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Presidential Candidate [[Alfred Landon]] in 1936.