• OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      Fun fact: After WWII, people who had recognized the danger of fascism and opposed it from the start (such as Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War) were often termed “premature antifascists” and regarded with suspicion and passed over for promotion in the military because of the possibility of having communist sympathies.

      • goferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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        3 days ago

        Or any of the people outside of the military who got blacklisted for simply wanting better working conditions ie wanting to start unions