Roosevelt’s administration was easily the most left wing of any American president. I believe that the Communist Party (under Soviet orders) were even in a sort of popular front with the Democratic Party at the time. Henry Wallace was a fellow traveler.
And of course the US and UK were and still are inextricably linked financially and culturally, especially at the elite level. So both the ideology of the administration, and a general WASP solidarity meant that the US was never going to side with the Germans.
Idk about the CPUSA, but socialists openly supported FDR and the New Deal, which made him hated by the American bourgeoisie who allegedly planned a coup against him.
I wanted to double check to be sure. But yes, the Communist Party did in fact support Roosevelt. Here’s an excerpt from a Jacobin article about the history of the party.
“The CP’s attitude toward President Roosevelt also evolved substantially. During the Third Period, he had been criticized on virtually every policy, even being called a “fascist.” During 1936, the party uneasily moved from advocating a Farmer–Labor party to tacit support for FDR’s reelection. The so-called People’s Front or antifascist coalition was eventually extended to include the Democratic Party.
In 1936, the party had criticized FDR for failing to lend aid to the embattled Loyalists in Spain. By 1937, it republished and lauded his speeches in the Daily Worker. In late 1937, it described him as “the most outstanding antifascist spokesman within the capitalist democracies.” At the May 1938, Tenth National Convention, the hall was decorated with American flags, and delegates sang the “Star-Spangled Banner” and a sanitized version of “The Internationale.” The party became Roosevelt’s abject apologists. When the president refused to support anti-lynching legislation, it blamed reactionaries in Congress and refused to criticize him directly. The CP blamed his policy on Spain on members of his cabinet. It even claimed at times to be the most consistent of New Dealers.”
https://jacobin.com/2019/12/communist-party-usa-history
Roosevelt’s administration was easily the most left wing of any American president. I believe that the Communist Party (under Soviet orders) were even in a sort of popular front with the Democratic Party at the time. Henry Wallace was a fellow traveler.
And of course the US and UK were and still are inextricably linked financially and culturally, especially at the elite level. So both the ideology of the administration, and a general WASP solidarity meant that the US was never going to side with the Germans.
Idk about the CPUSA, but socialists openly supported FDR and the New Deal, which made him hated by the American bourgeoisie who allegedly planned a coup against him.
I wanted to double check to be sure. But yes, the Communist Party did in fact support Roosevelt. Here’s an excerpt from a Jacobin article about the history of the party.
“The CP’s attitude toward President Roosevelt also evolved substantially. During the Third Period, he had been criticized on virtually every policy, even being called a “fascist.” During 1936, the party uneasily moved from advocating a Farmer–Labor party to tacit support for FDR’s reelection. The so-called People’s Front or antifascist coalition was eventually extended to include the Democratic Party.
In 1936, the party had criticized FDR for failing to lend aid to the embattled Loyalists in Spain. By 1937, it republished and lauded his speeches in the Daily Worker. In late 1937, it described him as “the most outstanding antifascist spokesman within the capitalist democracies.” At the May 1938, Tenth National Convention, the hall was decorated with American flags, and delegates sang the “Star-Spangled Banner” and a sanitized version of “The Internationale.” The party became Roosevelt’s abject apologists. When the president refused to support anti-lynching legislation, it blamed reactionaries in Congress and refused to criticize him directly. The CP blamed his policy on Spain on members of his cabinet. It even claimed at times to be the most consistent of New Dealers.” https://jacobin.com/2019/12/communist-party-usa-history
Browderism :stalin-gun-1: :stalin-gun-2:
btw we need a Foster emote
That was bankers who did that. It was literally called the Bankers Plot.
Asktually it was called the Business Plot :morshupls: