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| − | The '''American Peace Mobilization''' was a [[Comintern]] affiliate organization formed in 1940 to keep the [[United States]] out of [[World War II|World War II]]. Many [[Popular Front]] [[liberal]]s joined and denounced President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] for proposing that the [[Neutrality Act]]'s embargo provisions be repealed to aid the countries that were fighting [[Hitler]]. <ref>''The Soviet World of American Communism'', Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes & Kyrill M. Anderson, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995, pg. 75.</ref> The American Peace Mobilization promoted the interests of the [[Soviet Union]], which was at that time aligned during the [[Communazi reapproachment]] with [[Nazi Germany]] by the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]]. [[Frederick Vanderbilt Field]] was its executive secretary. Congressman [[Vito Marcantonio]] was one of its vice chairs. | + | The '''American Peace Mobilization''' was a [[Comintern]] affiliate organization formed in 1940 to keep the [[United States]] out of [[World War II|World War II]]. Many [[Popular Front]] [[liberal]]s joined and denounced President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] for proposing that the [[Neutrality Act]]'s embargo provisions be repealed to aid the countries that were fighting [[Hitler]].<ref>''The Soviet World of American Communism'', Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes & Kyrill M. Anderson, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995, pg. 75.</ref> The American Peace Mobilization promoted the interests of the [[Soviet Union]], which was at that time aligned during the [[Communazi reapproachment]] with [[Nazi Germany]] by the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]]. [[Frederick Vanderbilt Field]] was its executive secretary. Congressman [[Vito Marcantonio]] was one of its vice chairs. |
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| | The organization renamed itself the '''American People's Mobilization''' until it closed down later. | | The organization renamed itself the '''American People's Mobilization''' until it closed down later. |
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| − | [http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/CDGA.A-L/ampeoplesmob.htm American Peoples Mobilization Collected Records, 1940-1941], ''Peace Collection, Swarthmore College'', </ref> While the Communist Party and its various [[Glossary_of_espionage_terms#Fronts_and_cutouts|front organizations]] completely reversed their position on U.S. entry into the Second World War, the pro-Nazi [[German American Bund]] and the isolationists of the [[America First]] movement continued their opposition until the U.S. was attacked on December 7th. | + | [http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/CDGA.A-L/ampeoplesmob.htm American Peoples Mobilization Collected Records, 1940-1941], ''Peace Collection, Swarthmore College'',</ref> While the Communist Party and its various [[front organizations]] completely reversed their position on U.S. entry into the Second World War, the pro-Nazi [[German American Bund]] and the isolationists of the [[America First]] movement continued their opposition until the U.S. was attacked on December 7. |
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| | ==Subversive Activities Control Board== | | ==Subversive Activities Control Board== |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| | [[Category:United States History]] | | [[Category:United States History]] |
| | [[Category:Subversive Organizations]] | | [[Category:Subversive Organizations]] |