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Originally Posted by Don Andersen
Grey...
Wasn't there a Communist town government in the Crowsnest Pass. Read that somewhere - found it
Abstract
On 14 February 1933, the citizens of Blairmore, Alberta, elected a Communist
town council; this so-called Red administration remained in power until 1936. Best
known for their seemingly outrageous actions, the council exists within current
historiography as either the result of protracted depression or an example of the success
experienced by the Communist Party of Canada during this period. This thesis will
challenge both arguments, demonstrating that a series of social, economic, and political
experiences resulted in the election of known Communists being socially permissible by
1933. It w
ill be demonstrated that the agenda of council was not strictly ìCommunist,î
rather it represented a balance between radical and populist programs, thus enabling
council to challenge capitalist society while providing a practical response to the local
effects of the Depression. The deterioration of this balance by 1936, coupled with a series
of scandals, was resultant in the councilís electoral downfall.
Politics in Alberta have been everywhere at one point or another.
regards,
Don
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The west... but especially Alberta has been the birth place of countless splinter groups and to be fair political fanatacism.
Otherwise we'd have ousted those PC's a long time ago.
