Laut spartacus, abgerufen am 10. Juli 2011, erklärte John Gates, Chefredakteur des KP-Blattes Daily Worker: "Fast’s book, The Naked God, contains considerable truth, but it suffers from his weakness of portraying people as either good guys or bad guys. I am far from the angel he depicts and the others are not quite the devils he makes them out. The reality is more subtle, complex and contradictory. But the Daily Worker, to its credit, never joined in the torrent of abuse from the Left that was heaped on Fast. His reaction to his Communist experience has been highly charged with emotion, but not without cause. At the very least, as a man who had given his whole life and career to communism, Fast deserves more understanding and compassion from the Left." Näheres über Gates siehe engl. Wikipedia, abgerufen am 10. Juli 2011
