Rising Anarchy Street riots are erupting all over Europe when Hitler suddenly appears on the world stage. He expands on the Fascist concept of an iron-fisted dictator, determined to crush all opposition. Hitler adds his secret agenda of transforming Germany into a military-industrial powerhouse. Meanwhile, Stalin hijacks a former workers' movement to create rigid one-man rule in Russia.

	Nazi Dynamism As the 1930s drag on, the world begins to wonder if perhaps America's best days are already behind it. Maybe democracy is just a noble experiment that's bound to fail, eventually. Meanwhile, the Germans are rebounding strongly under a much different system. Nazi parades seen in newsreels present a picture of vitality and progress, contrasting sharply with what Americans see in their own neighborhoods.
	Power to the People Communism presents another alternative that appeals to many. The word 'soviet' is the name given to early Russian village councils, which sprang up in opposition to the Czar. Soviet propaganda promotes Communism as a way to give power to the people, creating the appearance of an autonomous worker's movement. Communist rallies pop up in 30 American cities, from Boston to San Francisco, and continue to do so into the late 1930s.