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The [[Communist Party of the United States of America]] (CPUSA) was organized at Moscow’s behest in 1921, merging [[John Reed]]’s [[Communist Labor Party]] with the [[Communist Party of America]], organized by a former socialist, Midwesterner Charles Emil Ruthenberg.  The Russian [[Bolshevik]]s saw themselves as leaders of a worldwide revolutionary movement.  Fear of radical revolutions became prominent in 1919-20. There was a good deal of disorder, and no small amount of criminal behavior. On May Day, 1919, some 36 bombs were sent by mail to prominent politicians, judges, and other “enemies of the [[left]].” <ref>Stanley Coben, A. Mitchell Palmer: Politician (New York: Da Capo Press, 1972), 203-04.</ref>  The ''New York Times'' wrote of a “nationwide bomb conspiracy.” The Washington house of Attorney General [[A. Mitchell Palmer]] was damaged by a bomb which went off prematurely and killed the bomber.

The [[Communist Party of the United States of America]] (CPUSA) was organized at Moscow’s behest in 1921, merging [[John Reed]]’s [[Communist Labor Party]] with the [[Communist Party of America]], organized by a former socialist, Midwesterner Charles Emil Ruthenberg.  The Russian [[Bolshevik]]s saw themselves as leaders of a worldwide revolutionary movement.  Fear of radical revolutions became prominent in 1919-20. There was a good deal of disorder, and no small amount of criminal behavior. On May Day, 1919, some 36 bombs were sent by mail to prominent politicians, judges, and other “enemies of the [[left]].” <ref>Stanley Coben, A. Mitchell Palmer: Politician (New York: Da Capo Press, 1972), 203-04.</ref>  The ''New York Times'' wrote of a “nationwide bomb conspiracy.” The Washington house of Attorney General [[A. Mitchell Palmer]] was damaged by a bomb which went off prematurely and killed the bomber.