This newly released book from MIT Press "proposes a different kind of communism, one that is true to its ideals and free from authoritarianism."

The death toll from communist regimes in the 20th century is well-documented. One study found that more people were killed under communism than homicide and genocide combined, and only 9 million more people were killed in World War I and World War II combined than under governments of this ideology.

Communism seemingly gets a pass to be reimagined as a sweet fable.Another study showed how the mass killings of civilians by their own governments took an immediate nosedive after the collapse of the Soviet Union and international communism.