McCarthyism
The cowboy and the communist: Why Frank Sinatra picked a fight with John Wayne
December 4, 2025Part of the Hollywood Ten, Albert Maltz had the "dubious honor" of being blacklisted twice when John Wayne and others in Hollywood targeted his working relationship with Frank Sinatra.
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The Case of the Hollywood 10: Movie moguls launch blacklist in 1947
November 25, 2025A stain on the history of U.S. democracy and the country’s entertainment industry to this day, the blacklist would remain in force until around 1960.
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Florida’s new teaching standards rehabilitate the anti-communist Red Scare
November 20, 2025Words like “McCarthyite” and “red-baiter” are being redefined as political slander against anti-communists.
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MAGA’s new McCarthyism
September 30, 2025Opposing fascism and criticizing capitalism are now thought crimes under a new Trump directive targeting First Amendment freedoms.
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Trump uses Kirk killing to declare war on the left
September 11, 2025Fascist governments throughout history have latched onto episodes of political violence and terrorism—real or contrived—as a pretext for repression.
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