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McCarthyism Down Under
McCarthyism Down Under UPDATE: 5 Eyes media have been amplifying the story. BBC quoted Sydney Morning Herald saying, “No allegations had been proven.” The New York Times, which rarely reports on Australia, ran a staff-written story, writes Joe Lauria. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison held a somber press conference on Friday to announce that the Australian Federal Police […]
Wikipedia: Our New Technological McCarthyism, Part Two
Wikipedia: Our New Technological McCarthyism, Part Two In Part One, we discussed the threats social media technology poses to a healthy and educated populace, the scientist cult of Skepticism and its extremist medical wing, and the online encyclopedia Wikipedia as a leading promulgator for Skepticism’s agenda. In Part Two, we go deeper into the Science-Based […]
McCarthyism Redux: Attacks on the Russian Media
McCarthyism Redux: Attacks on the Russian Media Photo by Mike Maguire | CC BY 2.0 “We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not fearful men, not […]
Learning to Love McCarthyism
Learning to Love McCarthyism Special Report: Many American liberals who once denounced McCarthyism as evil are now learning to love the ugly tactic when it can be used to advance the Russia-gate “scandal” and silence dissent, reports Robert Parry. The New York Times has finally detected some modern-day McCarthyism, but not in the anti-Russia hysteria […]
Democrats’ Blind Obsession on Russia-gate
Democrats’ Blind Obsession on Russia-gate Exclusive: Instead of focusing on President Trump’s poor policies – or fixing their own shortcomings – Democrats obsess over Russia-gate, though the case is flimsy and reeks of McCarthyism, as Daniel Lazare explains. Democrats are jubilant now that “Trumpcare” has bit the dust. But they should be careful because Russia-gate, […]
The Increasingly Unhinged Russia Rhetoric Comes From a Long-Standing U.S. Playbook
The Increasingly Unhinged Russia Rhetoric Comes From a Long-Standing U.S. Playbook FOR ASPIRING JOURNALISTS, historians, or politically engaged citizens, there are few more productive uses of one’s time than randomly reading through the newsletters of I.F. Stone, the intrepid and independent journalist of the Cold War era who became, in my view, the nation’s first “blogger” even though […]
Chris Hedges on Trump’s ‘Naked Kleptocracy’
Chris Hedges on Trump’s ‘Naked Kleptocracy’ Truthdig contributor Chris Hedges recently made an appearance on the RT show “Watching the Hawks” to analyze the future of American politics under President Trump. Right off the bat, Hedges is asked what he sees as “the most compelling or intriguing aspect of this election.” “Utter blindness of the Democratic Party,” he answers. […]
The Disgusting Embrace of Witch-Hunting McCarthyism by ‘Liberals’
The Disgusting Embrace of Witch-Hunting McCarthyism by ‘Liberals’ So-called «liberals» and «progressives», who once derided those on the political right who accused their ideological forbearers of kowtowing to the «Reds» and «Soviets» during the era of Senator Joseph McCarthy, have dusted off McCarthy’s playbook and are using the very same tactics against Donald Trump and […]
Liberals and the New McCarthyism
Liberals and the New McCarthyism It’s easy enough, some sixty years after the fact, for us to cluck our tongues at the cowardice and stupidity of those who went along with McCarthyism. It’s especially easy for liberals and academics to say that had they been alive back then, they would certainly have had the courage to stand […]
