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El_Johns

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7. More people joined because of the Depression. Seeger joined the Young Communist League in
Thu Jan 30, 2014, 03:57 AM
Jan 2014

1936, and subscribed to their paper for 4 years before that.

And the government-instigated red scare that began immediately following the war was the most important cause of people leaving and renouncing the CP, not revelations about Stalin -- which were only confirmed under Kruschev.

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