A new exhibit on Red Scare blacklists presents chilling parallels to our current era
It's hard not to see echoes between ‘Blacklisted: An American Story’ at the New York Historical and Trump's ideological crackdowns
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Lurking behind the obvious query of how in the world Donald Trump became an actual candidate for the presidency of the United States, there’s a more basic question: Where in the world did this man come from? How did he become the walking caricature that he is today? One answer that’s frequently given is his…
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The Schmooze The Man Who Wrote ‘Exodus’ While Blacklisted
Those of you still pining for Walter White have some new Bryan Cranston action to look forward to. Behold the first trailer for Trumbo, a biopic about celebrated Hollywood screenplay writer Dalton Trumbo, who defied the blacklist during the 1950s Red Scare. Cranston, of course, plays Trumbo, who while not exactly Jewish, . Trumbo, who…
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Fast Forward Judge Unseals Testimony of Ethel Rosenberg’s Brother
A federal judge has ordered the opening of grand jury testimony in the 1950 case of convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein of New York last week ordered the unsealing of the testimony of Ethel Rosenberg’s brother, David Greenglass, who implicated his sister as a spy. Greenglass recanted his testimony…
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