To untangle this mess, we must begin with a definition of McCarthyism. Spiegel defines it as “a slightly paranoid take on the threat posed by international communism.” Webster’s fills this ...
The clearest indication of the political disorientation of the SWP was its reaction to the growth of McCarthyism in 1953–54. It concluded that the witch-hunting Republican senator from Wisconsin ...
In 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy declared to Congress that Far East scholar Owen Lattimore was a "top Russian spy." Lattimore tried to clear his name before two congressional committees. He was ...
Senator Joseph McCarthy made headline news after he proclaimed that he had a list of Communists in the State Department. Browse our selection of Herblock editorial cartoons and other graphic art ...
A Green Feather Group of "Merry Men" will be organized here in the next few weeks in order to fight McCarthyism. The Student Council last night decided to distribute national information on this ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This Longines Chronoscope interview from December 1951 focuses on the issue of McCarthyism and the threat of communism in the United States.
“It is now a channel for the raising of money based on performative McCarthyism before video cameras, and for the dissemination of dark-money-funded attacks that especially target minorities.” The ...
Adeel Mangi, the first Muslim nominated for a federal appellate court judgeship, withdrew his nomination for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in a fiery letter to President Joe Biden ...
This communist witch hunt therefore became known as ‘McCarthyism’. The term also refers to outlandish, sensationalist, unproven accusations of communist sympathy and connections. McCarthy's ...
“Colleges and universities are the first line of defense for their students and faculty, and we urge them to resist this new McCarthyism.” Trump has praised violent crackdowns on campus ...