Nathaniel Flakin

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Nathaniel Flakin

When Trotskyists fought back against New York's Nazis

Nathaniel Flakin

5 May

On February 20, 1939, the stars and stripes waved next to the swastika in New York's Madison Square Garden. An enormous crowd sang the Star-Spangled Banner while giving the Hitler salute. Guards in grey uniforms inspired by those of the Nazis' paramilitary wing stood at attention in front of a 30-foot portrait of George Washington.