Question

why did the radical left enjoy growing popularity in america during the 1930s? why did this popularity prove to be largely temporary?

Answer 1

By 1930, the party adopted the slogan of "the united front from below". The Communist Party devoted much of its energy in the Great Depression to organizing the unemployed, attempting to found "red" unions, championing the rights of African Americans and fighting evictions of farmers and the working poor.

Answer 2

The radical left enjoyed growing popularity during the 1930s