became an effective weapon against the peasants." Eight to ten million peasants died as a result and the remaining ones went to collective farms (Goldston 117). In Stalin's deranged mind, all who disagreed with him became traitors to be dealt with as dangerous enemies of the state. His "entire life and career may be viewed as the deepening obsession of a paranoid personality to retain control" (Goldston 119). It wasn't until 1953 that Stalin's regime of horror ended. He died of a massive brain hemorrhage on May 5 of that year. The communist movement hit America in the early twentieth century. Initially, American communism operated legally and American communists could proclaim their goals at an open convention (Haynes 57). Some American communists claimed the party to be "the only place where I saw or experienced . . . compassion for the poor and persecuted" (Fast 242). Many Americans saw this communist revolution as a way to unite with people who suffered from the same economic depravity. Since the American communist movement consisted of mainly immigrants without U.S. citizenship, terrorist threats and bombings forced the movement to become underground in the early 1900's. A little later in the 1920's the movement was forced to resurface by the Communist International. Only little harassment was given. For the most part, they were still legally and openly operating (Haynes 58). Soon after resurfacing, however, the American communist party was thought to be involved in Soviet espionage through the Communist International. A short while after these allegations, an extensive relationship with Soviet intelligence began within the realms of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), especially by the senior members (Haynes 233). This began the worst time in the history of the CPUSA. "During WWII the CPUSA secret apparatus supplied personnel for Soviet operations in Europe" (Haynes). In the mid-1930's, President Roosevelt ordered...
