DID YOU KNOW... AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO WERE COMMUNISTS FOUGHT IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR FROM 1936-1939
American Communists joined and fought in the XV International Brigade also called the 1st Battalion of Abraham Lincoln Brigade, If that wasn't bad enough there was also a George Washington Brigade That were both supported by The Communist International also known as the Third International, It was an international organization founded in 1919 that advocated world communism, and which was led and controlled by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Even the famous Paul Robeson who was an American bass-baritone concert artist, stage and film actor, NFL professional football player, and Became a Anti-Imperialist/COMMUNIST while studying in England. He was a huge fan of Joseph Stalin and in 1934 he traveled to Moscow Russia and met with Stalin. And He was even Recorded singing The Russian Nation Anthem. While in Europe he went to Spain in support of the Communists and visited the hospital of the Beni Cassim, singing to the wounded soldiers. Robeson also visited the battlefront and provided a morale boost to the Republicans at a time when their victory was unlikely.




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