Author: Browder, Earl
Title: The Most Peculiar Election. The Campaign Speeches of Earl Browder
Description: New York, Workers Library Publishers, 1940. Original Wraps. Wraps. 94 pp. A collection of speeches given by Earl Browder upon his nomination as a Communist Party candidate for President of the United States in 1940. Browder cites instances of electoral corruption and fraud, and castigates Roosevelt for adopting Hitler-like policies and strategies in the elections. He also outlines Communist Party platforms and advocates for an expansion of many of Roosevelt's programs, all that would help the average worker and farmer. Earl Browder was an activist and leader in various socialist organizations, as well as the Communist Party USA, jailed several times for some of his activities, and eventually, with the declassification of Soviet documents, revealed to be a recruiting agent at one point for the USSR (Wikipedia). GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling and some scuffing to the covers, a bit heavier to the rear wrap. Uneven darkening. Minor edgewear. Interior clean and solid with light toning to the paper. Seidman B560. Good .

Keywords: Noisbn Earl Browder Communism Socialism Radical Studies Communism, Socialism, Marxism


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