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Radicalism of the 1930s

by Josh Marshall
07.02.15 | 12:04 pm

A look at two 1939 political rallies, one by German-American Bund (effectively the American pro-Nazi or simply Nazi party) at Madison Square Garden and another by the Communist Party USA in Chicago. See how each appropriated one US President (Washington for the Nazis and Lincoln for the Communists) as their claim to embody American history.

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