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Examining the political controversies of the 1940s and 1950s, historian John Earl Haynes, who studied the Venona decryptions extensively, argued that Joseph McCarthy's attempts to "make anti-communism a partisan weapon" actually "threatened [the post-War] anti-Communist consensus", thereby ultimately harming anti-communist efforts more than ...
The term seems to be a play on words based on red tide—a biological phenomenon of an algal bloom rather than a political one—with red, a color long associated with communism, especially as part of the Red Scare and red-baiting in the United States, being replaced with the lighter tone of pink to indicate the more moderate socialist ideas ...
During its Second Red Scare (1947-1957) a distinct set of domestic policies and conservative social mores came to dominate popular culture and interpersonal relations in the United States. The Post–World War II "baby boom"
The first Red Scare was a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of far-left movements, including Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real events included the Russian 1917 October Revolution, German Revolution of 1918–1919, and anarchist bombings in the U.S.
Terrorism on American Soil: A Concise History of Plots and Perpetrators from the Famous to the Forgotten. Sentient Publications. ISBN 9781591810490. McCormick, Charles H., Hopeless Cases: The Hunt for the Red Scare Terrorist Bombers, University Press of America (2005), ISBN 0-7618-3133-9, ISBN 978-0-7618-3133-4.
(The Center Square) – Voters on Tuesday ushered in Republican judges to appellate courts statewide, marking another historic feat in Texas. They also flipped two courts to Republican majorities ...
A preliminary report estimates that 27% of voters between the ages 18 and 29 cast ballots in this year's midterm elections — the second-highest youth midterm turnout in decades.
An Aug. 12 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in front of a red sign with a hammer and sickle symbol that reads ...