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marie999

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13. My best friend in San Francisco in the 70s was a communist who had worked with Herbert Philbrick.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:25 PM

Jul 2021

She did not know he was FBI. Her ex-husband was still a leader in the Communist Party USA. Both of them wanted to help the people of this country through socialism.

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I had two uncles who were Communists in the 30s and 40s. [View all] no_hypocrisy Mar 2021 OP

if they had any sort of public profile drray23 Mar 2021 #1

Worth the effort, no shocker if J.Edgar had a one pager on every socialist/communist in 1930's OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2021 #2

Careful. They might start a file on you. brush Mar 2021 #3

Being a progressive/liberal, I'd be surprised if there wasn't already a file on me. no_hypocrisy Mar 2021 #4

File? Some of us probably had name plates on cells at Guantanamo before we threw the former guy brewens Mar 2021 #5

Just ask your bank to notify you of your credit score. Bucky Apr 2021 #11

absolutely DBoon Mar 2021 #6

A lot of early labor leaders were communists. murielm99 Mar 2021 #7

Didn't the ACP have close to a million members at one time? Laffy Kat Mar 2021 #8

If I recall correctly, the US Communist party had a huge number of FBI members. FuzzyRabbit Mar 2021 #9

I found I had a very thin FBI file from my anti nuke activities in the '80s Bucky Apr 2021 #10

Sure, do a FOIA request speaktruthtopower Jul 2021 #12

My best friend in San Francisco in the 70s was a communist who had worked with Herbert Philbrick. marie999 Jul 2021 #13