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1936 › Earl Browder (Communist) › Communism, radicalism and "alien isms" as a political issue
Popular Front: nominal opposition to Roosevelt, real opposition to Landon and 'fascism'
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Solution
Run a Communist ticket while treating the defeat of the Republican-Liberty League right as the objective.
Rationale
The Comintern's 1935 turn to the Popular Front against fascism.
Statements (1)
1936-09-30 · Campaign (Wikipedia summary) · generalreported
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After 1935 the Communist Party maintained only nominal opposition to the Roosevelt administration , with Browder heading the party's 1936 ticket as its candidate for president in the election of 1936 .
Source: Earl Browder - Wikipedia (None)
Follow-through
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The Popular Front line ended with the Nazi-Soviet pact (August 1939); Browder was imprisoned in 1942.
Other positions on this issue
- Repudiate Communist support; the New Deal is the answer to Communism, not its ally — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 specific_pledge
- Keep the Socialist vote independent; chide the La Follettes for handing Roosevelt 'everything on a silver platter' — Norman Thomas, 1936 directional_stance
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