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Communist Election Platform 1936

The Communist Election Platform, 1936. Campaign document of Browder-Ford campaign for President and Vice-President of the United States. Published by Workers Library Publishers, July and August 1936. ==================== This 16 page penny newsprint pamphlet was produced by the Communist Party, USA as part of its November 1936 election effort. Included are photos and short biographies of Earl R. Browder and James W. Ford, its candidates for President and Vice-President, as well as the text of its official "Election Platform," as ratified by its National Nominating Convention held at Madison Square Garden in New York City on June 28, 1936. ==================== The 1936 platform is a document of the Popular Front period. Gone are intimations that the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt was "social fascist" and hence the greatest threat to American workers. Rather it is "extreme reaction" which is held to be driving the nation "toward fascism and a new world war," while the Roosevelt administration is criticized only for its willingness to temporize with these "reactionary forces." Roosevelt "grants but small concessions to the working people, while making big concessions to Hears

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