ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Popular front

Okay kiddo, let's talk about the popular front!

Remember all your friends in your class? Imagine that all of them decided to work together to achieve a common goal. That's what the popular front is.

In grown-up world, different groups of people may have different ideas about how to run their country or what's important for their country. In the popular front, different groups with different opinions come together to work towards a common goal.

For example, let's say there are different groups in a country - workers, farmers, and intellectuals. They might have different priorities - workers might want better working conditions, farmers might want better prices for their produce, and intellectuals might want more freedom of thought.

But if a big, bad enemy threatens their country (like a bully), all of these groups might come together as a popular front to try and stop the big, bad enemy. They might put aside their differences and work together to protect their country.

The popular front is like a team made up of different players who have different strengths, but they all work together to win the game.
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