When Sunflowers Bloomed Red: Kansas and the Rise of Socialism in America (University of Nebraska Press), by R. Alton Lee and Steven Cox – Shepherd…

Category: Socialism

Kansas was never Wisconsins peer when it came to putting the levers of power into the hands of Socialists. And yet, as the authors point out, the Great Plains state was a locus of activity. Americas most widely circulated Socialist newspaper was published in Kansas, and Socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs lived there for a time. Not unlike Milwaukees sewer socialists, Kansas gas and water socialism stressed practicality over ideologyat least among those Socialists elevated to public office. Many other Kansan Socialists squabbled fiercely and accomplished little. Much of When Sunflowers Bloomed Red is a reminder of the American lefts historic tendency to factionalize.

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David Luhrssen lectured at UWM and the MIAD. He is author of The Vietnam War on Film, Encyclopedia of Classic Rock, and Hammer of the Gods: Thule Society and the Birth of Nazism.

Jul. 30, 2020

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