Devout Marxists believed fascism was the "last stand of the bourgeoisie."

What I shall do in coming weeks is to look at how all of this actually works, how Marxists took up the baton and what the consequences of it all were.

A self-described "Jeffersonian Marxist," Stone combined progressive politics, investigative zeal and a compulsion to tell the truth with a commitment to human rights and the exposure of injustice.