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==Nazi-Soviet Pact==

==Nazi-Soviet Pact==

The [[Nazi-Soviet Pact]] of 1939 presented the most troubling dilemma for American Communists.  It came on the heels of the bloody anti-Trotskyite [[Great Purges]] in which many [[CPUSA]] members quit the party with apprehension and fear over what the Party had become.  Those who remained during the purges were, for the most part, dedicated anti-fascists.  However, with the coming of the Communazi era wherein German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]] became an ally of the [[Soviet Union]] against French and British Imperialism, only the most ardent [[Stalinist]]s remained in the party who were willing to overlook, and justify, Stalin's murderous excesses. Among them were Frank Marshall Davis.

The [[Nazi-Soviet Pact]] of 1939 presented the most troubling dilemma for American Communists.  It came on the heels of the bloody anti-[[Trotsky]]ite [[Great Purges]] in which many [[CPUSA]] members quit the party with apprehension and fear over what the Party had become.  Those who remained during the purges were, for the most part, dedicated anti-fascists.  However, with the coming of the Communazi era wherein German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]] became an ally of the [[Soviet Union]] against French and British Imperialism, only the most ardent [[Stalinist]]s remained in the party who were willing to overlook, and justify, Stalin's murderous excesses. Among them were Frank Marshall Davis.

Davis became an articulate opponent of [[President Franklin Roosevelt]]'s policy of [[Lend Lease]] aid to Great Britain.  Speaking to an audience of the [[communist front]] [[National Negro Congress]] in 1940, Davis said,  

Davis became an articulate opponent of [[President Franklin Roosevelt]]'s policy of [[Lend Lease]] aid to Great Britain.  Speaking to an audience of the [[communist front]] [[National Negro Congress]] in 1940, Davis said,