Index: anti-communism

Jan 1,

1895

J. Edgar Hoover, Longtime Head of FBI, is Born

Aug 1,

1919

J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Head of General Intelligence Division; Prepares for Palmer Raids

Sep 1,

1919

First U.S. Communist Parties Founded; Greeted by Police, Repression

Jan 2,

1920

Red Scare: The Second and Larger “Palmer Raids” Brings Massive Violations of Civil Liberties

Oct 13,

1926

Right-Wing General Charges ACLU is “Moscow Controlled” – ACLU Demands Evidence

May 16,

1927

Historic Brandeis Opinion in “Whitney v. California”

Nov 20,

1930

Judge Accused of Denying Lawyer to 17 Year-Old Communist

Mar 16,

1931

Rep. Hamilton Fish Denounces ACLU For Defending “All Revolutionary Elements” in the U.S.

Nov 29,

1936

State Senator Calls Cornell University “Center of Revolutionary Propaganda”

Dec 26,

1936

Abraham Lincoln Brigade Volunteers Sail for Spain to Fight Fascism – Will Be Persecuted During the Cold War

Aug 14,

1938

HUAC: Communist Activities “Rampant” in Hollywood

Feb 25,

1940

Prominent Liberals Ask HUAC to Change Procedures, and to Investigate Right-Wing Group

May 26,

1947

FBI Memo Attacks “It’s A Wonderful Life” As Subversive, Anti-Capitalist Propaganda

Oct 24,

1947

Committee for the First Amendment Opposes HUAC Investigation of Hollywood

Oct 27,

1947

“Hollywood Ten” HUAC Hearings Begin – Angry Confrontation Erupts

Dec 14,

1947

ACLU Criticizes Hollywood Blacklist

Jan 16,

1951

Hawaii Judge Acquits Three of Contempt of Congress for Claiming the Fifth Amendment Before HUAC

Jun 4,

1951

Smith Act Held Constitutional: Severe Blow to First Amendment

Sep 12,

1951

LA Unitarian Minister Accused of “Aid and Comfort to the Communist Cause”

Sep 19,

1951

All-Time “Namer of Names,” Martin Berkeley, Names 150+ to HUAC

Feb 6,

1952

Members of Weavers, Folksinging Group, Named as Communists Before HUAC

May 1,

1952

Actor Edward G. Robinson Confesses to HUAC — “I Was a Sucker”

Feb 25,

1953

President Eisenhower Warns: Communist Math Teachers May Sneak Marxism Into Math Problems

Apr 13,

1953

CIA Launches MKULTRA – Secret Drug Experiments Project

Jun 14,

1953

“Don’t Join the Book Burners:” Ike Indirectly Criticizes Joe McCarthy, Then Quickly Backtracks

Aug 6,

1954

“Girl Scout Handbook” Subversive?

Feb 27,

1956

Loyalty Oaths Cannot Be Required for Federal Housing

Jun 11,

1956

Federal Loyalty Program Ruled Not Applicable to Non-Sensitive Jobs

Nov 26,

1956

Three NY Times Employees Indicted for Contempt of Congress

Jan 17,

1957

Defund HUAC Urges ACLU of Northern California

Jun 18,

1957

HUAC Chair to Supreme Court: “Bone Up on Communism”

Aug 7,

1958

Playwright Arthur Miller’s HUAC Contempt Conviction Overturned

May 23,

1961

Emergency Civil Liberties Committee Denounces HUAC Investigation

Jan 5,

1964

FBI Installs First “Bug” in Martin Luther King’s Hotel Room

Feb 7,

1966

Univ. North Carolina Bans Communist Scholar Herbert Aptheker From Speaking

Jul 19,

1966

FBI Admits (to itself) That “Black Bag” Jobs (Burglaries) Are Illegal

Dec 13,

1968

Robert G. Thompson, Cold War Victim, Wins Posthumous Right to Burial at Arlington National Cemetery

May 24,

1976

“Hollywood on Trial” Shown at Cannes Film Festival

Nov 23,

1981

President Reagan Signs Secret Directive Authorizing Illegal Aid to Contras

Dec 21,

1982

Road to the Iran-Contra Scandal – First Boland Amendment Passed

Dec 7,

1985

President Reagan Approves Illegal Iran-Contra Actions – Aides Joke About Prison

Jan 17,

1986

President Reagan Signs Secret “Finding,” Authorizing Illegal Arms Sale to Iran

Oct 5,

1986

Iran-Contra Affair Unravels – Scandal Embroils President Reagan

Nov 3,

1986

Iran-Contra Scandal Exposed

Nov 19,

1986

Reagan Fumbles Truth at Iran-Contra Scandal Press Conference

Nov 17,

1987

Dick Cheney Gives Early Warning – Asserts Presidential Power in Iran-Contra Report

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