[lbo-talk] Thoughts on the Tea Party (and why the Left is Dead)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Apr 22 11:37:57 PDT 2010


On Apr 22, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Wojtek S wrote:


> Doug: "I remember that time - it was a sad thing. But my question
> about
> post-1937 was real - what did happen? Anyone know?"
>
> [WS:] My inclination is to look into socio-demographic changes
> taking place
> after WWII (that there was no left mobilization *during* the war is
> no-brainer.) Specifically, the dismembering of working class
> communities
> through suburbanization. Elaine Tyler May ('Homeward Bound") cites
> Nixon as
> saying that the housing construction project would defeat communism
> in the
> US.

I meant in 1938, 1939, 1940 - the tail end of the depression years, before the war.



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