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Vor einem Tag · Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin stood out among those who held that the Roosevelt and Truman administrations amounted to “20 years of treason.” In February 1950 McCarthy claimed that he had a list (whose number varied) of State Department employees who were loyal only to the Soviet Union.
Vor 2 Tagen · The book defended Senator Joseph McCarthy as a patriotic crusader against communism, and asserted that "McCarthyism ... is a movement around which men of good will and stern morality can close ranks." [56] Buckley and Bozell described McCarthy as responding to a communist "ambition to occupy the world". They conceded that he was ...
Vor 2 Tagen · In an address to a Joint Session of Congress on May 25, 1961 to deliver a special message on "urgent national needs," President Kennedy asked for an additional $7 billion to $9 billion over the next five years for the space program, proclaiming that “this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a m...
Vor 3 Tagen · The John Birch Society (JBS) is an American right-wing political advocacy group. [1] Founded in 1958, it is anti-communist, [2][3] supports social conservatism, [2][3] and is associated with ultraconservative, radical right, far-right, right-wing populist, and right-wing libertarian ideas. [12]
Vor einem Tag · The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. The ACLU provides legal assistance in cases where it considers civil liberties at risk. Legal support from the ACLU can take the form of direct legal ...
Vor 23 Stunden · In his speech the President famously states, “Our goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right- not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this Hemisphere, and, we hope, around the world.”
Vor 3 Tagen · Returning to campuses this fall, students and faculty discovered that administrators had spent the summer revamping policies on allowable protest activity and acceptable speech. The new regulations had commonalities campus to campus, leading researchers to uncover an industry of “security consultants” who’d advised on the changes.
