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==The Dewey Commission==

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In ~~1938~~, the Dewey Commission headed by American educator [[John Dewey]] was assembled in the home of Diego Rivera to respond to charges of Marxist [[deviationism]] leveled against the Soviet exile [[Leon Trotsky]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=6JfWUSEacRgC&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dq=diego+rivera%2Bhome%2Bdeutscher&source=bl&ots=Y9b2GZHb2C&sig=rscsIplvtht9yCBtIKB53Hkuh2o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qFtJT6fHJ4fEgQfQjrWNDg&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Prophet Outcast''], Isaac Duetscher</ref> This was a formal response to the [[Stalin]]ist show trials during the [[Great Purges]].<ref>http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1937/dewey/</ref> Trotsky was found guilty ''in absentia'' in Moscow and later assassinated by [[KGB]] agents in Mexico City.

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In 1937, the Dewey Commission headed by American educator [[John Dewey]] was assembled in the home of Diego Rivera to respond to charges of Marxist [[deviationism]] leveled against the Soviet exile [[Leon Trotsky]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=6JfWUSEacRgC&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dq=diego+rivera%2Bhome%2Bdeutscher&source=bl&ots=Y9b2GZHb2C&sig=rscsIplvtht9yCBtIKB53Hkuh2o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qFtJT6fHJ4fEgQfQjrWNDg&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Prophet Outcast''], Isaac Duetscher</ref> This was a formal response to the [[Stalin]]ist show trials during the [[Great Purges]].<ref>http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1937/dewey/</ref> Trotsky was found guilty ''in absentia'' in Moscow and later assassinated by [[KGB]] agents in Mexico City.

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