Back in that time, the Depression Era of the 1930s, economic and political realities were very similar to those of the present day. Those trying to figure out ways to ease the effects of the Great Depression, were fought viciously, every inch of the way, by those who had a vested interest in maintaining the economic status quo, even though millions of our citizens were suffering as a result.
FDR had several luminaries in his cabinet who identified themselves as Socialists. The great Eugene Debs comes readily to mind. He helped to formulate many of the policies implemented by the […]
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