The Social Democracy and the Failure of the Left to Stop Hitler

In 19 34, the us. S r announced that it was now acceptable for good communists to make political alliances with other left wing groups. This included both moderate liberals and people like anarchists. The tactic worked very well politically, electorally. In spain, the popular front swept the 19 36 elections, but in a way that will be familiar to everyone listening. They did so in a way which enraged the right wing. And it's not hard to see why the right felt they'd been cheated.