Jan 2, 2020
“Are you now or have you ever
been a member of the Communist Party?”
On
today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech
Podcast, we explore how
America’s fear of communism in the early- to mid-20th century led
to firings and blacklists in Hollywood, government, and higher
education — and how these actions compromised America’s treasured
principles of free speech, free conscience, free association, and
due process of law.
We
are joined by Ellen Schrecker, a former professor at Yeshiva University and
the author of Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in
America and
No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the
Universities.
Click here for podcast transcript.
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