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Article: Fledgling DFL showed its mettle in bold battle against communists.(NEWS)(Nick Coleman)

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June 11, 2006
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Byline: Nick Coleman; Staff Writer

It was recently revealed in these pages that the DFL Party of Minnesota was "penetrated" by Communists in its early days, with the implication that even to mention this out loud takes courage.

This kind of hyperventilation, delivered from the rear area of an ancient battle, serves an obvious political purpose. But only someone unfamiliar with Minnesota or uninterested in its history would suggest that the Communist attempts to hijack Minnesota's progressive politics in the 1930s and `40s are unknown.

In fact, it was the fight for control of the fledgling DFL Party after World War II that became the very public ...

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