Tag Archives: House Un-American Activities Committee
Revival Of US Cold War-Era Committee To Echo McCarthy Fear Tactics
Instead of hunting legitimate terror and espionage threats, the group was much more likely to focus its efforts on trying to intimidate, slander and discredit law-abiding organizations that promote cooperation and dialogue between Washington and Moscow…
Robert Meeropol: Strange Convergence & Book and TC Reading by Elli Meeropol
Billie Holiday and Ethel Rosenberg at 100 By ROBERT MEEROPOL Counterpunch.org WEEKEND EDITION MARCH 27-29, 2015 If Billie Holiday and Ethel Rosenberg were alive, they’d both celebrate their 100th birthdays this year. At first glance they may seem an unlikely couple, but a closer look reveals surprising parallels. They were each born into poverty six […]
Bhaskar Sunkara: In Defense of Pete Seeger, American Communist
Stateside communists were the underdogs, fighting the establishment for justice – the victims of censorship and police repression, not its perpetrators. Like his party associates, Seeger was consistently on the right side of history By Bhaskar Sunkara @sunraysunray Al Jazeera America January 29, 2014 Pete Seeger serenades the faithful in Washington in 1969. Stephen […]
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