Topic: anti-communism

Jan 1,

1895

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

Sep 1,

1919

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

Nov 28,

1919

Charlotte Anita Whitney Arrested, Heads for Supreme Court

Jan 2,

1920

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

Mar 28,

1930

DA Won’t Charge NYC Police Officers for Brutality in Communists’ Rally

Oct 2,

1930

Cleveland Police Club, Tear Gas 2,500 Protesting President Herbert Hoover

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.

Dec 26,

1936

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

May 7,

1940

ACLU Expels Elizabeth Gurley Flynn from Board of Directors

Jun 29,

1940

Advocating an Idea is Illegal: Smith Act Passed

Apr 14,

1947

“I Am Not a Communist,” Says Charlie Chaplin

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

Mar 10,

1952

“Kill the Lawyers:” Smith Act Trial Attorneys Contempt Convictions Upheld

May 1,

1952

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

Jul 1,

1952

Eason Monroe, Fired For Refusing to Sign Loyalty Oath, Becomes Head of ACLU of Southern California

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

Nov 4,

1953

President Eisenhower Privately Admits Loyalty Program Problems – Does Not Act on Them

Jun 9,

1954

“Have You No Decency?” Joseph N. Welch Rebukes Senator Joe McCarthy

Feb 27,

1956

Loyalty Oaths Cannot Be Required for Federal Housing

Mar 8,

1956

Notorious FBI COINTELPRO Program Approved

Jun 12,

1956

“You Are the Un-Americans:” Paul Robeson Denounces HUAC

Jun 26,

1956

“One Pro-Communist Decision After Another:” Right-Wingers Attack Supreme Court

Jan 17,

1957

Defund HUAC Urges ACLU of Northern California

Jan 17,

1958

61 Chicago-area Notables Call for Abolition of HUAC

Mar 31,

1959

John Birch Society Head Denies Calling President Eisenhower a “Card-Carrying Communist”

May 23,

1961

Emergency Civil Liberties Committee Denounces HUAC Investigation

Jun 28,

1962

John Henry Faulk Wins $3.5 Million Damages Award for Being Blacklisted

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

Nov 23,

1981

President Reagan Signs Secret Directive Authorizing Illegal Aid to Contras

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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