Anti-Communism

Communist Control Act Bans Party Members from Union Leadership, Weaponizing Anti-Communism Against Labor

1954-09-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Congress passes the Communist Control Act of 1954, preventing members of the Communist Party from holding office in labor unions and other labor organizations. The legislation represents the culmination of systematic efforts to weaponize anti-communism against labor organizing, following the …

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Corporate Anti-Communist Network Coordinates Labor Suppression Through NAM, Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure

1950-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

A sophisticated anti-communist network coordinated by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and Chamber of Commerce reaches peak effectiveness in suppressing labor organizing during the early Cold War. The Hagley Museum and Library’s NAM collection contains extensive materials from …

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CIO Expels United Electrical Workers and Farm Equipment Workers, Beginning Purge of Communist-Led Unions

1949-11-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) holds its eleventh annual convention in Cleveland and expels two member unions, the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) and the Farm Equipment Workers, for alleged “disloyalty to the CIO” and support for the …

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Dies Committee (HUAC) Formed by Conservative Democrats to Discredit New Deal as Communist Infiltration

1938-05-26 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The House of Representatives establishes the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), commonly known as the Dies Committee after its chairman Representative Martin Dies Jr. (D-TX), on May 26, 1938, as a special investigating committee to probe alleged disloyalty and subversive activities by …

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American Legion Founded with Corporate Backing as Anti-Radical Force

1919-11-11 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The American Legion holds its founding convention in Minneapolis on Armistice Day 1919, emerging as a major force in the Red Scare and anti-labor campaigns of the 1920s. Founded by Army officers including Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Hamilton Fish III in Paris earlier that year, the organization …

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