The Bill of Rights Journal was a periodical publication of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee (NECLC). The NECLC emerged in 1951 during the era of McCarthyism to defend the civil liberties of all Americans, including American Communists. The NECLC served as an alternative to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which expelled members who […]
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The World Marxist Review (Problems of Peace and Socialism) was a monthly theoretical journal concentrating on international issues faced by the world Communist movement in the latter half of the 20th century. It featured contributions from Communist and Workers parties throughout the world, providing an essential view on how these groups dealt with the major
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Carl Van Vechten, Richard Benson, W.E.B. DuBois, from the portfolio ‘O, Write My Name’: American Portraits, Harlem Heroes, 1936, printed 1983, photogravure Joseph Stalin was a great man; few other men of the 20th century approach his stature. He was simple, calm and courageous. He seldom lost his poise; pondered his problems slowly, made his decisions
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We would like to draw attention to the latest dossier of the International Research Center GDR (Internationale Forschungsstelle DDR (IF DDR)) on the 70th anniversary of the counter-revolutionary coup attempt on 17 June 1953 in the GDR. The dossier contains analyses and important background on the historical events. It therefore disgraces the narrative of a
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by Julian Wrobel John Howard Lawson, Adrian Scott, Dalton Trumbo, Edward Dmytryk, Herbert Biberman, Alvah Bessie, Ring Larnder Jr., Albert Maltz, Lester Cole, and Samuel Ornitz. These ten individuals known as the “Hollywood Ten” are significant insofar as they were the first victims of a systematic Hollywood blacklist: a byproduct of McCarthyism, or a desperate
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LEV GUMILEV For the Red Army newspaper, Summer 1945. So, the glory of the world: Not me, but many of my comrades, German culture struck me with its grandiosity. In fact, the paved roads of the Berliner ring, excellent houses with comfortable apartments, an abundance of all means of mechanization, from tractors to pencil sharpening
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