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Events on Tuesday 20 August 1935 1
1935Seventh World Congress of the CominternCommunists adopt the Popular Front strategyThe Communist International met in Moscow and dropped its policy of attacking social democrats. Georgi Dimitrov set out a new line calling for broad anti-fascist Popular Fronts. The shift shaped left-wing politics in France and Spain.