#mccarthyism tag

We live in a second Red Scare': what can we learn from a chilling book about Florida's past?

Charley Johns was the state senator and governor who steered his eponymous committee. It came into being in 1956, towards the end of the national red scare.

SF politics

#trump-administration

McCarthy Attacked Individual Professors. Trump Is Going After Entire Campuses.

The Trump administration's policies present a significant threat to academic freedom, described as worse than McCarthyism by historian Ellen Schrecker.

Privacy professionals

fromABA Journal

'Is this a throwback to the McCarthy era?' Judges consider injunction bids by firms targeted in Trump orders

Judges question if Trumpâs executive orders against law firms echo McCarthy-era tactics of repression.

Left-wing politics

US Communities Are Resisting ICE Raids to Protect Students and Neighbors

McCarthy Attacked Individual Professors. Trump Is Going After Entire Campuses.

The Trump administration's policies present a significant threat to academic freedom, described as worse than McCarthyism by historian Ellen Schrecker.

Privacy professionals

fromABA Journal

'Is this a throwback to the McCarthy era?' Judges consider injunction bids by firms targeted in Trump orders

Judges question if Trumpâs executive orders against law firms echo McCarthy-era tactics of repression.

more#trump-administration

Left-wing politics

US Communities Are Resisting ICE Raids to Protect Students and Neighbors

fromThe Nation

Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump

The current attack on higher education is more severe than McCarthyism, aiming to dismantle the liberal academic framework.

#political-persecution

fromThe Atlantic

When America Persecutes Its Teachers

Julius Hlavaty's testimony before McCarthy underscores the political persecution faced by educators during the Red Scare.

Right-wing politics

Have you no sense of decency, sir?' Joe McCarthy and the road to Trump

Joseph Nye Welch's powerful question to McCarthy marked a significant turning point in American history, signaling the decline of McCarthyism.

fromThe Atlantic

When America Persecutes Its Teachers

Julius Hlavaty's testimony before McCarthy underscores the political persecution faced by educators during the Red Scare.

Right-wing politics

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Have you no sense of decency, sir?' Joe McCarthy and the road to Trump

Joseph Nye Welch's powerful question to McCarthy marked a significant turning point in American history, signaling the decline of McCarthyism.

Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets | Kenan Malik

The value of gold is attributed to human labor, reflecting themes of greed and repression during postwar America's Red Scare.

Right-wing politics

fromSlate Magazine

How American Bureaucrats Became Public Enemy No. 1

Condon warned that rising anti-intellectualism in the U.S. could lead to totalitarianism, highlighting the importance of free speech and expert voices.

fromThe Nation