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Communist Party of the United States of America (view source)
Revision as of 15:26, June 6, 2009
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The CPUSA strongly supported the left-wing "Republican" side in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in the late 1930s, and encouraged its young people to enlist in the "Abraham Lincoln Brigade" to go and fight there. About 800 did so.
The CPUSA strongly supported the left-wing "Republican" side in the [[Spanish Civil War]] in the late 1930s, and encouraged its young people to enlist in the "Abraham Lincoln Brigade" to go and fight there. About 800 did so.
===Ethncs ===
===Ethnics ===
The CPUSA drew a large fraction of its members from certain ethnic groups, such as Finns, Jews and Italians.
The CPUSA drew a large fraction of its members from certain ethnic groups, such as Finns, Jews and Italians.