Communist History of CIO and Farmer Labor Party

History gets interesting especially when you don't hear it, and when you don't hear about it, it always brings the question of "why." And when one does bring factual history upon the sheep hordes, they will always look to the Shepherd on how they should react. So ask yourself why doesn't your local newspaper talk of this??? Why don't people care when given the evidence? The sheep do accordingly what sheep do.

Let's go to a Range History lesson given on the Mesaba Co-op Park Website; I thank the makers of this website for making it available for the Sheep. I have no problem with Mesaba Co-op Park, my problems are those who deny, are silent or are in the closet about the true History of the Range; in my younger days I swam many a time in the lake and knew some prominent family members who attended the Co-op functions.

Mesaba Park played a significant role, both in the rise of the Farmer-Labor Party and the organization of the CIO on the Iron Range in the late 1930's. Many of the early CIO organizers were Communists, including Gus Hall, an Iron Range native, who went on to help found the United Steelworkers of America and play a prominent role in the Communist Party. Those union organizers had close ties to the Park, which provided a base for the organization of thousands of Iron Range miners into the CIO.

The heyday of Mesaba Park coincides with the rise of the Farmer-Labor and Communist movements in Minnesota and nation-wide. During the 1930's, Mesaba Park hosted annual summerfestivals, which were major political and cultural events for the region. These festivals combined a mix of leftist politics, recreation, music and dancing.

One of the most significant festivals at Mesaba Park was in 1936. That festival, which attracted 8-10,000 people, is believed to be one of the largest gatherings ever held on the Iron Range. Speaking to the huge crowd were Farmer-Labor candidates for Minnesota governor, U.S. Senator Elmer Benson, and John T. Bernard, nominee for the U.S. House. Benson and Bernard were swept into office that fall as the upstart Farmer-Labor Party reached unprecedented heights of electoral power.

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