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The House Committee on UnAmerican Activities (HUAC) began its investigation into Communist influence in Hollywood on this date in 1947. Among the “Hollywood Ten,” blacklisted and jailed for refusing to testify, were Alvah Bessie, a screenwriter who had been a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain; Herbert Biberman, who went on to direct […]
Read MoreBy Aleksandr Kuzmin This article originally appeared on DefendingHistory.com. Editor’s note: In Riga, Latvia, a court decision has brought about another dangerous step towards Holocaust revisionism and the acceptance of the infamous “double genocide” theory. Purporters of this theory argue that Nazi and Soviet crimes were equal, and that Jewish involvement in leftist causes was to some extent […]
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