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Taking Down McCarthyism


How we endured the McCarthy purges in US - BBC

Nearly 70 years after the US government carried out its infamous purge of what it perceived as a Communist threat, some academics whose lives were turned ...

How Was Demagogue Joe McCarthy Finally Brought Down?

McCarthy of Wisconsin was the most infamous demagogue in recent American memory. He rose to prominence during the Cold War, using his position ...

Communism and McCarthyism in the United States

A photograph shows Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn engaged in a quiet conversation. Figure 4. Senator Joseph McCarthy (left) consults with Roy Cohn (right) during ...

From the Archives: Senator Joe McCarthy on "Face the Nation" in 1954

Sen. Joe McCarthy was the first guest to ever appear on "Face the Nation" when it premiered in 1954. #facethenation #politics "Face the ...

Joseph McCarthy's Downfall Was Accusing the Army of Communism

Senator Joseph McCarthy—whose anti-communist accusations captivated the nation—was born #onthisday in 1908. See footage of his controversial ...

The Extraordinary Injustice of McCarthy's America

In the McCarthy era of the 1950s, anti-Communism created an atmosphere of fear which allowed political actors to accrue greater powers over ...

McCarthyism: Then and Now - Progressive.org

It was bold, critical, and well-researched exposés like Murrow's and The Progressive's that led to the eventual censure of Joe McCarthy in the ...

The State Department Under the Red Scare: McCarthy's Campaign

... McCarthyism, and the destructive character of McCarthyism itself. Meanwhile, FSO ... down, so we had an agreed on private code of using fictitious names.

McCarthyism Is Back: Together We Can Stop It

We stand together against the rise of a new McCarthyism that is targeting peace activists, critics of US foreign policy, and Chinese Americans.

The Speech That Launched the 1950s Red Scare | McCarthy

Joseph McCarthy in 1950 at a Women's Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia, sparked anti-communist hysteria nationwide and ushered in the era of “ ...

Artists Protest McCarthyism - TeachRock

Senator Joseph McCarthy and the implications of his mission to expose communists in 1950s America; Ways that the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) ...

The Real Legacy of a Demagogue | The New Republic

McCarthy doubled down, embarking on an endless speaking tour across the country about the rising threat of Communist infiltration of the ...

So to Speak podcast transcript: McCarthyism and The Red Scare

Nico: I wanna take a step back here. You mentioned the Red Scare. We've talked about the McCarthy Era which is hearkening to Joseph McCarthy, the Senator from ...

A Lesson on How to Survive Trumpism—From the McCarthy Era

Trump's regime will not resurrect full-blown McCarthyism, but it may take lessons in political repression from it. ... Down". In the ...

May 2: McCarthyism and the Jews - Jewish Currents

Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) died on this date in 1957. In 1950, McCarthy gained overnight fame by accusing the U.S. State Department, ...

More than McCarthyism: The Attack on Activism Students Don't ...

It suggests to students that anti-communist political repression was exceptional, tightly bound into two discrete decades. But between the ...

McCarthy as a Demagogue | United States History II

Joseph McCarthy Speech ... In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy delivered a speech to the Republican Women's Club of Wheeling, West Virginia, during which he claimed ...

The Senator Who Stood Up to Joseph McCarthy When No One Else ...

When McCarthy gained control of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (which monitored government affairs), he took advantage of the ...

Remembering McCarthyism - Civil Rights Movement Archive

McCarthyism and the Red Scare · Destroy, or at least cripple, the civil-rights and labor movements. · Mandate an anti-communist foreign policy to protect ...

McCarthyism - John D Clare

And, ladies and gentlemen, the chips are down – they are truly down. ... taking action against Communism before McCarthy. HUAC: The House Un ...