Deets On McCarthyism and The Red & Lavender Scares Timeline
Deets On McCarthyism and The Red & Lavender Scares
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A (semi)comprehensive chronological collection of links related to McCarthyism and The Red & Lavender Scares.
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Deets On McCarthyism and The Red & Lavender Scares Timeline
Remembering McCarthyism – The Washington Post December 3, 1984
The Enemy Within – The Atlantic October 1998
McCarthyism in America – C-SPAN February 9, 2000
The Red scare, in black and white – The Christian Science Monitor October 7, 2005
Revisiting McCarthyism in the Patriot Act Era – NPR October 26, 2005
Frank Wilkinson, Activist Who Fought ‘Red Scare’ – NPR January 4, 2006
Hoover dismayed by McCarthy’s methods / As serious an anti-communist as FBI director was, he felt name-calling senator damaged the cause – SFGATE March 12, 2006
The Wiretap This Time | Opinion – The New York Times October 29, 2007
Milo Radulovich, 81, Dies; Symbol of ’50s Red Scare – The New York Times November 21, 2007
When Suspicion of Teachers Ran Unchecked – The New York Times June 15, 2009
The origins of McCarthyism – The Guardian September 11, 2009
Red Scare, Black Scare – The Nation November 19, 2009
“McCarthyism” And Conservative P.C. – The New Republic March 17, 2010
Mixed Economic System – Investopedia March 24, 2010
Reliving The Scare: Looking Back On ‘Red Channels’ | Opinion – NPR June 22, 2010
Was Ronald Reagan a secret snitch? – Los Angeles Times December 12, 2010
Christopher Trumbo dies at 70; screen and TV writer whose father was blacklisted – Los Angeles Times January 12, 2011
Green Is the New Red: The Crackdown on Environmental Activists – Mother Jones May 11, 2011
Socialism – Investopedia May 20, 2011
How Kevin McCarthy Wrangles the Tea Party in Washington – The New York Times July 13, 2011
Marxism: Theory, Effects, and Examples – Investopedia July 19, 2011
The Red Scare – CBC October 15, 2011
‘New McCarthyism’ Described by Climate Scientist Michael Mann – ABC News July 8, 2012
Neo-McCarthyism – The Atlantic July 15, 2012
The 5 Most Economically-Free Countries in the World – Investopedia December 7, 2012
On 40th Anniversary of Truman’s Death, Remembering His Red Scare ‘Loyalty Program’ – U.S. News December 26, 2012
Taking McCarthyism literally – MSNBC February 22, 2013
Bill de Blasio Is Not Afraid of Red Scare Ghosts – The Nation October 30, 2013
Immigrants and Red Scare Case Studies – The New York Times January 10, 2014
Lavender Scare: A Look Back at LGBT McCarthyism – OZY February 4, 2014
1950: McCarthy claims communist infiltration – CNN March 10, 2014
Alabama Republican: McCarthy ‘turned out to be right’ – NBC News March 18, 2014
Captain America, McCarthyite – The Atlantic April 7, 2014
History vs. Vladimir Lenin – Alex Gendler – TED-Ed April 7, 2014
Woman, 98, fights to have Red Scare conviction tossed – USA Today August 13, 2014
Socialist Market Economies: How China, Cuba, and North Korea Work – Investopedia August 15, 2014
What Exactly Is a Socialist Economy? – Investopedia August 20, 2014
What Is the Difference Between Communism and Socialism? – Investopedia October 2, 2014
Market Economy vs. Command Economy: What’s the Difference? – Investopedia October 3, 2014
The Nordic Model: Pros and Cons – Investopedia October 7, 2014
Documents that Changed the World: Joseph McCarthy’s ‘list,’ 1950 – University of Washington October 14, 2014
Walt Disney, Ronald Reagan and the Fear of Hollywood Communism – TIME October 20, 2014
Capitalism vs. Socialism: What’s the Difference? – Investopedia February 9, 2015
The Impact of Ending the U.S. Embargo on Cuba – Investopedia February 24, 2015
The Impact Of Venezuela’s Bolivar Exchange Rates – Investopedia February 24, 2015
Is the United States a Market Economy or a Mixed Economy? – Investopedia March 18, 2015
Good Night, and Good Luck: attack on McCarthyism simplifies but satisfies – The Guardian March 30, 2015
What Role Does the Government Play in Capitalism? – Investopedia April 6, 2015
What Are Some Examples of Free Market Economies? – Investopedia April 9, 2015
How Is a Capitalist System Different Than a Free Market System? – Investopedia April 22, 2015
How Do Mixed Economic Systems and Pure Capitalism Differ? – Investopedia May 6, 2015
Can Socialism Work in America? – Investopedia May 14, 2015
Neo-McCarthyism and the US Media – The Nation June 8, 2015
The New McCarthyism of Donald Trump – The Atlantic July 21, 2015
“These People Are Frightened to Death” Congressional Investigations and the Lavender Scare – NATIONAL ARCHIVES July 24, 2016
Capitalist vs. Socialist Economies: What’s The Difference? – Investopedia August 24, 2015
Is Argentina a Socialist Country? – Investopedia August 25, 2015
McCarthyism – PBS September 19, 2015
McCarthyism – Brittanica September 24, 2015
What “Orwellian” really means – Noah Tavlin – TED-Ed October 1, 2015
Donald Trump and 21st-century McCarthyism | Opinion – The Washington Post November 23, 2015
Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric echoes the Red Scare era | Opinion – The Washington Post December 11, 2015
‘McCarthyism’ may soon be replaced by ‘Trumpism’ | Opinion – The Washington Post January 4, 2016
Republican support for McCarthyism is sometimes literal – MSNBC March 23, 2016
The Red Scare – Britannica March 26, 2016
How Venezuela’s socialist dream collapsed into a nightmare – Vox May 26, 2016
Against Neo-McCarthyism – The Nation July 27, 2016
Crack-Up Boom – Investopedia August 26, 2016
Donald Trump on terror is just McCarthyism for a new age – The Guardian September 21, 2016
The Model for Donald Trump’s Media Relations Is Joseph McCarthy – The New Yorker September 22, 2016
Donald Trump and the new Red Scare – The Week December 14, 2016
Are Social Security Benefits a Form of Socialism? – Investopedia December 29, 2016
State Department Apologizes for the ‘Lavender Scare’ – Smithsonian Magazine January 10, 2017
Trump and Russia: Lessons From the Red Scare – The Atlantic February 17, 2017
The irony of Republicans complaining about McCarthyism – The Washington Post February 28, 2017
‘This is McCarthyism!’: Trump accuses Obama of ‘wire-tapping’ his office before election – The Guardian March 4, 2017
Donald Trump Is the Perpetrator of McCarthyism, Not the Victim of It – New York Magazine March 6, 2017
What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? – Ellen Schrecker – TED-Ed March 14, 2017
A New McCarthyism in Hollywood? – The Hollywood Reporter March 20, 2017
On Trump, McCarthyism, and the Russia Hacking Charges – The Nation April 6, 2017
How Eisenhower worked stealthily to rein in Joseph McCarthy | Opinion – The Washington Post April 14, 2017
Who Stopped McCarthy? – The Atlantic April 2017
It’s Not ‘McCarthyism’ to Demand Answers on Trump, Russia, and the Election – The Nation April 21, 2017
The new McCarthyism – Business Insider April 27, 2017
A reminder: Anti-communist hysteria almost destroyed the University of California – Los Angeles Times May 12, 2017
How Populism Helped Wreck Venezuela – The Atlantic June 4, 2017
Don’t blame socialism for Venezuela’s woes – UpFront Reality Check – Al Jazeera June 17, 2017
Donald Trump Does His Best Joe McCarthy Impression | Opinion – The Washington Post June 22, 2017
Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate – Council on Foreign Relations June 23, 2017
‘McCarthyism’ Is Wildly Overused—but this Higgins Memo Is the Real Deal – Daily Beast August 11, 2017
The Psychology of the New McCarthyism – Psychology Today August 11, 2017
How Venezuela went from a rich democracy to a dictatorship on the brink of collapse – Vox September 19, 2017
History vs. Che Guevara – Alex Gendler – TED-Ed November 27, 2017
Joseph McCarthy’s Downfall Was Accusing the Army of Communism – Smithsonian Channel January 9, 2018
No, #MeToo Isn’t McCarthyism – The Atlantic January 13, 2018
Trump Jr. suggests Russia investigation akin to ‘McCarthyism,’ says Dems are ‘left of commie’ – ABC News February 4, 2018
Trump Jr. picks an unfortunate fight over ‘McCarthyism’ – MSNBC February 5, 2018
Ron Johnson Is Very Bad at McCarthyism – New York Magazine February 7, 2018
Will the Trump presidency turn out to be Watergate, McCarthyism or something else entirely? – BROOKINGS February 16, 2018
The Red-Scare Relic That Holds Back Smart Labor Policy | Opinion – The New York Times May 1, 2018
Is socialism to blame for Venezuela’s never-ending crisis? | Opinion – Al Jazeera May 31, 2018
Prelude to the Red Scare: The Espionage and Sedition Acts – PBS June 11, 2018
Trump’s Strange Tweet About Joseph McCarthy – POLITICO August 19, 2018
The Senator Who Stood Up to Joseph McCarthy When No One Else Would – Smithsonian Magazine September 13, 2018
It’s not ‘McCarthyism’ to demand Harvard Law School sever ties with Brett Kavanaugh | Opinion – Boston Globe October 11, 2018
Kevin McCarthy Elected House Minority Leader Over Jim Jordan – Roll Call November 14, 2018
Venezuela’s Chavez Era – Council on Foreign Relations November 25, 2018
Why Are People In Venezuela Starving (Hyperinflation Explained)? – The Infographics Show December 19, 2018
Why the Threat of U.S. Intervention in Venezuela Revives Historical Tensions in the Region – TIME January 25, 2019
Trump slams “tyrannical socialist government” of Venezuela – CBS News February 18, 2019
The United States Government’s Anti-Gay Lavender Scare, Explained – teenVOGUE April 26, 2019
The Red Scare targeted my family. America hasn’t shaken its demons yet. – The Washington Post May 13, 2019
The lavender scare: How the federal government purged gay employees – CBS News June 9, 2019
The lavender scare – CBS Sunday Mornings June 9, 2019
Lavender Scare: The Historic LGBTQ Witch Hunt You Might Not Know About – REWIRE PBS June 12, 2019
A New Opera Illuminates The ‘Lavender Scare,’ A Little-Explored Era In Gay History – NPR June 18, 2016
The Lavender Scare: the shocking true story of an anti-LGBT witch-hunt – The Guardian June 18, 2019
Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945–1954: Witch Hunt or Red Menace? – National Endowment for the Humanities July 1, 2019
America’s red scare is back. And it’s racially tinged – The Guardian July 22, 2019
A New Red Scare Is Reshaping Washington – The New York Times July 23, 2019
In Their Own Words: Behind Americans’ Views of ‘Socialism’ and ‘Capitalism’ – Pew Research Center October 7, 2019
How Florida legally terrorized gay students – Vox November 4, 2019
McCarthy – American Experience | PBS November 18, 2019
Venezuela’s Other Socialists – Slate November 29, 2019
Chapter 1 | McCarthy | American Experience | PBS – American Experience | PBS December 30, 2019
“Have You No Decency?” – McCarthy | American Experience | PBS January 2, 2020
McCarthyism: Anatomy of an Investigation – American Experience | PBS January 13, 2020
Venezuela’s Problem Isn’t Socialism – FOREIGN AFFAIRS January 27, 2020
How McCarthyism and the Red Scare Hurt the Black Freedom Struggle – JACOBIN May 31, 2020
Fact check: Socialist policies alone did not destroy Venezuela’s economy in last decade – USA Today August 8, 2020
McCarthy – PBS September 25, 2020
McCarthyism – Zinn Education Project October 2, 2020
Soviet Exiles – Library of Congress October 21, 2020
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians – National Humanities Center November 17, 2020
You’ve Probably Heard of the Red Scare, but the Lesser-Known, Anti-Gay ‘Lavender Scare’ Is Rarely Taught in Schools – December 22, 2020
The Lavender Scare | The History You Didn’t Learn – TIME January 25, 2021
McCarthyism: Anatomy of an Investigation – PBS March 4, 2021
Subversives: Stories from the Red Scare – Zinn Education Project May 28, 2021
The Red Scare: How Joseph McCarthy’s Anti-Communist Hysteria Left a Mark on the U.S. – teenVOGUE June 9, 2021
To Celebrate Pride Month, Menendez Pushes State Department to Establish Permanent “Lavender Scare” Exhibit in the National Museum of American Diplomacy – United States Senate Committee On Foreign Relations June 28, 2021
A New Red Scare Is Coming – Second Thought July 9, 2021
LGBTQ+ Government Workers | LGBTQIA+ Studies: A Resource Guide – LIBRARY OF CONGRESS July 20, 2020
Venezuela crisis: How the political situation escalated – BBC News August 12, 2021
What Actually Went Wrong With Venezuela – The Infographics Show August 13, 2021
Exchange between Rep. Matt Gaetz and Gen. Milley – C-SPAN September 29, 2021
The Lavender Scare – The origin of the policy to exclude homosexuals from Federal service October 10 – National Security Agency November 19, 2021
Cold War, Lavender Scare, and LGBTQ+ Activism – National Park Service November 10, 2021
Biden Nominee Withdraws Name After GOP ‘Red Scare’ Campaign – MSNBC December 8, 2021
“THE LAVENDER SCARE” – PBS April 10, 2022
Democrats, You Can’t Ignore the Culture Wars Any Longer | Opinion – The New York Times April 22, 2022
Socialism for Absolute Beginners – Second Thought May 6, 2022
Venezuela’s revolution divided in the cradle of Chavismo – ABC News May 11, 2022
Ex-Trump attorney says Trump is taking tips from McCarthy-era playbook – CNN June 30, 2022
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