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Farmers National Weekly was an English-language Communist farm newspaper published in the United States. [1] It was published by either the Farmers' National Education Association or the Farmers National Committee for Action (a Communist organization) in 1933 in Washington, D.C., and from 1934 to 1936 in Chicago. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. William C. Pratt (2011). "Another South Dakota; Or, The Road Not Taken: The Left and the Shaping of South Dakota Political Culture". In Jon K. Lauck; John E. Miller; Donald C. Simmons, Jr. (eds.). The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Culture. Pierre, South Dakota: South Dakota State Historical Society Press. p. 117.
  2. "Farmers National weekly". Online Archive of California.
  3. "Farmers National Weekly". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  4. Farmers National Weekly. OCLC   1568930 via WorldCat., OCLC   1568930