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Almost forgot to commemorate! On this day in 1938, approximately 700 people in Spokane, organized by the League for Peace and Democracy, demonstrated against a gathering of fascist Silver Shirts. The Spokesman-Review reported it as "Spokane's first anti-fascist demonstration." 
11 protesters were arrested for blocking the sidewalk into the pro-Hitler event. Deplatforming...'30s style. #silvershirts
A letter to the editor two years ago invoked this historic protest to call for a united front against fascist organizing today.
