Anti-American activities

Anti-American activities . . .

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Examples

• anti-war protest
• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
• Hollywood Ten
• Jane Fonda
• John Birch Society
• Red Menace/Communist subversion

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On Senator Joseph McCarthy:

President Dwight D. Eisenhower "also refrained from publicly criticizing Senator Joseph McCarthy, who used his powers to abuse the civil liberties of dozens of citizens who he accused of anti-American activities. Eisenhower privately despised McCarthy, and he worked behind the scenes with congressional leaders to erode McCarthy's influence. Eisenhower's indirect tactics eventually worked, but they also prolonged the senator's power since many people concluded that even the President was unwilling to confront McCarthy."[1]

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Other Related SourceWatch Resources

• Homeland security
• Patriot Act I
• Patriot Act II
• Treating dissent as treason

External links

• Anti-American activities files, 1939-41, The records of Texas governor W. Lee O'Daniel at the University of Texas Library.
• Wikipedia: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
• The Hollywood Ten.
• Matthew Rothschild, The New McCarthyism, progressive.org, December 2001.
• Museum staff defends Secret Wars exhibit, Houston Chronicle, December 12, 2001.
• US bans anti-American activities in Iraq, galileolibrary.com, June 13, 2003: "Paul Bremer, the civilian administrator in Iraq, has banned all anti-American activities. ... To check attacks on US troops in Iraq, all anti-American activities in the country will be banned. ... Gatherings, pronouncements or publications that incite disorder or violence against the US-led occupation force are affected. ... Top US administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer blamed loyalists to ousted President Saddam Hussein for the recent attacks on US forces and said they were aimed at disrupting reconstruction efforts."