McCarthyism has returned to the United States – and this time it’s even more dangerous | Judith Levine
Both used flagrantly unconstitutional means to cleanse the nation of the spectral menace.Each time, federal employees were targeted first. President Harry S Truman’s Federal Loyalty Program screened 5 million workers for communist affiliation; 2,700 lost their jobs, 12,000 resigned. Schools, unions and Hollywood fell in line; blacklists outlasted their makers.
- ▪Both used flagrantly unconstitutional means to cleanse the nation of the spectral menace.Each time, federal employees were targeted first.
- ▪President Harry S Truman’s Federal Loyalty Program screened 5 million workers for communist affiliation; 2,700 lost their jobs, 12,000 resigned.
- ▪Schools, unions and Hollywood fell in line; blacklists outlasted their makers.
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‘The scope of this administration’s ambitions; its armies of enforcers; the technological and legal tools at its disposal; and the dearth of principled actors to obstruct it make this McCarthyism far more dangerous.’ Photograph: Byron Rollins/APView image in fullscreen‘The scope of this administration’s ambitions; its armies of enforcers; the technological and legal tools at its disposal; and the dearth of principled actors to obstruct it make this McCarthyism far more dangerous.’ Photograph: Byron Rollins/APOpinionTrump administrationMcCarthyism has returned to the United States – and this time it’s even more dangerousJudith LevineTrump’s campaign of repression echoes the red scare.
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