The United States has been fighting communism since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
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Bannon`s War RoomAug 17, 2026
Sources show U.S. hostility to the Bolshevik regime from 1917, including Allied intervention in the Russian civil war and refusal of diplomatic recognition until 1933, which supports the claim that the U.S. has opposed communism since 1917.
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… What why America is being destroyed is by design. It's absolutely intentional, whether it's from immigration or to its election fraud, or the issues that you're covering every day. This is by design. So, we've been fighting communism for a hundred years, since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Presently, modern Bolsheviks, the neo-Leninists, are coming very close to realizing their objective of a successful revolution in the United States. …
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Supports. The Library of Congress exhibit states the U.S. government was initially hostile to the Soviet leaders after 1917 and opposed a state ideologically based on communism.[2][3]
Supports. Encyclopedia.com states that the conflict between communism and anticommunism has shaped American society since the 1917 Russian Revolution, and that the U.S. refused diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union until 1933.[5]
Supports. Sojourners reports that hostility to the Soviet Union has been a factor in U.S. politics since 1917, and that the U.S. joined Allied interventionary forces in the Russian civil war.[6]
Supports. Jacobin notes that anti-communism has occupied a central place in the politics and policies of the capitalist world at no time since 1917 failing to do so, with the U.S. well in the lead.[4]
Context. The PolitiFact item concerns claims about communist control of U.S. institutions, not the 1917 origin of U.S. opposition to communism, so it does not bear directly on the claim.[1]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1The Pants on Fire claim that communists have controlled ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2The Soviet Union and the United States - Revelations from the ...wwws.loc.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Revelations from the Russian Archives > The Soviet Union ...loc.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Reflections on Anti-Communism - Jacobinjacobin.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5www.encyclopedia.com · communism-and-anticommunismCommunism and Anticommunism - Encyclopedia.comencyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Anti-Communismsojo.net · not rated · cited for: supports
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