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    1. Jonathan Chait‏Verified account @jonathanchait 6 Jun 2017

      Jonathan Chait Retweeted Jonathan Chait

      That line was stuck in the "to be sure, the Communist party was not perfect" paragraphhttps://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/872127141617569792 …

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      Jonathan ChaitVerified account @jonathanchait
      "A seeming betrayal of its strong anti-fascist stance." SEEMING? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/opinion/american-communism.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region … pic.twitter.com/TOym1xUOIe
      3 replies 12 retweets 29 likes
    2. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 6 Jun 2017
      Replying to @jonathanchait

      In resistance to racism and building union power, the CPUSA was critical to building a more humane America. As Stalinist apologists, it

      6 replies 0 retweets 24 likes
    3. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 6 Jun 2017
      Replying to @yeselson @jonathanchait

      paradoxically weakened the case for democratic socialism and thus damaged the American Left greatly. A morally complicated case.

      4 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
    4. Jonathan Chait‏Verified account @jonathanchait 6 Jun 2017
      Replying to @yeselson

      Another way to put it: Do you credit fascists for being strong on anti-communism? If not, why credit communists for strong anti-racism?

      24 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Jun 2017
      Replying to @jonathanchait @yeselson

      Worth noting that in late 1940s Arthur Schlesinger -- no fellow traveller! -- credited CPUSA for being on forefront of anti-racism.

      5 replies 1 retweet 59 likes
    6. Crawford Kilian‏ @Crof 6 Jun 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet @jonathanchait @yeselson

      Nowhere else to go politically in pre-1960s America if you really believed in racial equality.

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Jun 2017
      Replying to @Crof @jonathanchait @yeselson

      Not quite true -- there were non-Leninist socialists and anarchists who were anti-racist as well.

      9:51 AM - 6 Jun 2017
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        1. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 6 Jun 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Crof @jonathanchait

          Yes indeed. See what I just wrote.

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        1. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 6 Jun 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Crof @jonathanchait

          Here's a fine book on the 1950s US left, for example: https://www.amazon.com/IF-HAD-HAMMER-Death-Birth/dp/0252063384 …

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        1. Lil’ Trahty‏ @historybuff29 6 Jun 2017
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          IWW for example

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