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From 1919 to 1992 the global communist movement, headquartered in [[Moscow]], sought to destabilize and [[subversion (political)|subvert]] the [[bourgeois]] regimes of the planet.  The collapse of communism in [[Eastern Europe]] in ended the 45-year-long [[Cold War]].  [[Russia]] caved in, became [[capitalist]], joined the [[International Monetary Fund]] and qualified for [[World Bank]] loans. American leftists momentarily were in danger of losing their ideological direction. A group of academics and organizers called the [[Committees of Correspondence of Democratic Socialism]] (CoC)  relocated the center of the global Marxist movement from the [[Kremlin]] to [[Berkeley]], [[California]] and kept the movement alive.<ref>https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/organizations/committees-of-correspondence-for-democracy-and-socialism-ccds/</ref> Despite what some journalists and pundits speculated as "the end of history" with the widely reported "fall of communism," within 15 years communists had captured the [[White House]].

From 1919 to 1992 the global communist movement, headquartered in [[Moscow]], sought to destabilize and [[subversion (political)|subvert]] the [[bourgeois]] regimes of the planet.  The collapse of communism in [[Eastern Europe]] in ended the 45-year-long [[Cold War]].  [[Russia]] caved in, became [[capitalist]], joined the [[International Monetary Fund]] and qualified for [[World Bank]] loans. American leftists momentarily were in danger of losing their ideological direction. A group of academics and organizers called the [[Committees of Correspondence of Democratic Socialism]] (CoC)  relocated the center of the global Marxist movement from the [[Kremlin]] to [[Berkeley]], [[California]] and kept the movement alive.<ref>https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/organizations/committees-of-correspondence-for-democracy-and-socialism-ccds/</ref> Despite what some journalists and pundits speculated as "the end of history" with the widely reported "fall of communism," within 15 years communists had captured the [[White House]].

Led by [[anti-war|anti-War on Terror]] radicals and [[jihad]]i sympathizers schooled in the Cold War era notion of Marxist "[[national liberation movement]]s," the Democratic party roared back with major gains in 2006, which it expanded in 2008 to sweep control of the national government and leave the GOP in a state of confusion and decline.  

Led by [[anti-war|anti-War on Terror]] radicals and jihadi sympathizers schooled in the Cold War era notion of Marxist "[[national liberation movement]]s," the Democratic party roared back with major gains in 2006, which it expanded in 2008 to sweep control of the national government and leave the GOP in a state of confusion and decline.  

The GOP reunited in 2009, with near-unanimous opposition to the Democrats' socialist agenda and contentious policies, especially stimulus spending and Obamacare. Polls show Obama's popularity began to erode after his [[Barack Obama approval ratings#Declines after the Gates flap|anti-police stance]] became apparent in the summer of 2009.

The GOP reunited in 2009, with near-unanimous opposition to the Democrats' socialist agenda and contentious policies, especially stimulus spending and Obamacare. Polls show Obama's popularity began to erode after his [[Barack Obama approval ratings#Declines after the Gates flap|anti-police stance]] became apparent in the summer of 2009.