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İşçi Tarihinde Bugün 13 Mayıs 1960: San Francisco Polisi, HUAC (Amerika Karşıtı Faaliyetler Komisyonu) duruşmalarını şiddet içermeyen bir şekilde protesto eden üniversite öğrencilerine şiddetli bir saldırı düzenledi. Protestocuların toplantıya girişine izin verilmemesinin ardından polis, yangın hortumlarıyla saldırarak onları Belediye Binası’nın rotundasından merdivenlerden aşağı sürükledi. 12 kişi hastaneye kaldırıldı (çoğu yorgunluktan kaynaklanan sekiz polis dahil). 64 kişi tutuklandı. Jüri yargılamasında beraat eden bir kişi hariç, diğerlerine yöneltilen suçlamalar düşürüldü. Duruşmalar 1938'de başladı ve 1969'a kadar devam etti. Komite, Chicago, San Francisco ve Seattle gibi sendikacı kasabalara gelip, kasabadaki tüm ilerici ve radikal kişilere, özellikle de çoğu komünist olan ya da komünist bağlantıları bulunan sendika liderlerine celp kağıtları gönderirdi. Tek savunma yolu, Beşinci Yasa Değişikliği'ni kullanmaktı. Bunun sonucu genellikle işinizi kaybetmeniz, adınızın gazetelere manşet olması ve çocuklarınızın okulda kötü muameleye maruz kalmasıydı. Alternatif olarak, Hollywood Onlusu'nun yaptığı gibi Birinci Yasa'yı kullanabilirdiniz. Bunun için mahkemeye itaatsizlikten tutuklanıp hapse gönderilirdiniz.
#işçisınıfı #İşçiTarihi #huac #joemccarthy #mccarthyizm #komünizm #ifadeözgürlüğü #hapishane #polis #PolisŞiddeti #sanfrancisco #üniversite #öğrenciler

MikeDunnAuthor May 13

Today in Labor History May 13, 1960: San Francisco Police violently attacked university students who were nonviolently protesting HUAC (House Un-American Committee) hearings. After protesters were denied entrance to the meeting, police attacked and swept them out of City Hall's rotunda and down the stairs with fire hoses. 12 people were hospitalized (including eight police, mostly from exhaustion). 64 were arrested. Charges were dropped against all but one, who was acquitted in a jury trial. The hearings began in 1938 and continued through 1969. They would come into union towns like Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle, and issue subpoenas to all the progressives and radicals in the town, especially union leaders, many of whom were communists, or had communist ties. The only defense was to take the Fifth Amendment. The consequence of that was that you would usually lose your job, your name would be plastered in the papers, and your kids would be mistreated in school. Alternatively, you could take the First, like the Hollywood Ten did. For that, you’d be held in contempt of court and sent to prison.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #huac #joemccarthy #mccarthyism #communism #freespeech #prison #police #PoliceBrutality #sanfrancisco #university #students

NewsletterTF Feb 12

Ireland Rugby Player Says Penalty Was Bad Choice

https://newsletter.tf/mccarthy-penalty-france-ireland-rugby/

Ireland rugby player Joe McCarthy admits his mistake in a penalty against France. This led to France scoring early. Ireland lost the game.

#JoeMcCarthy, #IrelandRugby, #SixNations, #RugbyPenalty, #FranceRugby

NewsletterTF Feb 12

Ireland Rugby Player Admits Fault in Crucial Penalty

https://newsletter.tf/mccarthy-penalty-france-ireland-rugby/

Ireland rugby player Joe McCarthy admits his penalty against France was a mistake that helped France score.

#JoeMcCarthy, #IrelandRugby, #SixNations, #RugbyPenalty, #FranceRugby

NewsletterTF Feb 12

Ireland Rugby Player Says Penalty Was Bad Choice

Joe McCarthy, an Ireland rugby player, said he made a bad choice that led to a penalty. France scored a try because of this. Ireland lost their game against France.

https://newsletter.tf/mccarthy-penalty-france-ireland-rugby/

#JoeMcCarthy, #IrelandRugby, #SixNations, #RugbyPenalty, #FranceRugby

Ireland Rugby Player Says Penalty Was Bad Choice

Ireland rugby player Joe McCarthy admits his mistake in a penalty against France. This led to France scoring early. Ireland lost the game.

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Doug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦Dec 22

@newrepublic Remember: #CBS is the network that helped bring #JoeMcCarthy down. Edward R. Murrow must be weeping somewhere.

Doug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦Sep 18, 2025

#Hollywood was squarely in #JoeMcCarthy's sights for a long time and a lot of artists, writers, producers rolled over and "named names". Some brave souls refused (hi there, Bogey and Dalton Trumbo) and were blacklisted.
We're seeing the #NewBlacklist emerge before our very eyes. Mark me well.

Larry McDonough Jazz Sep 10, 2025

Profiles in Courage #3: Edward R. Murrow and CBS News took on Senator Joseph McCarthy and his accusations that all progressives communist spies, dramatized in the movie Good Night, and Good Luck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Night,_and_Good_Luck
Trump is the current version of McCarthy.
Courage seems to have evaporated from CBS and the Republican Party that censured McCarthy.
We will have to look for it elsewhere, including in ourselves.
#EdwardMurrow
#JoeMcCarthy
#GoodNightandGoodLuck

Good Night, and Good Luck - Wikipedia

Doug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦Jul 18, 2025

I believe #CBS; cancelling #Colbert IS a "financial decision"; Paramount wants to merge with Skydance and is prepared to do anything to propitiate #Trump to allow it, including paying $16M on a bogus "settlement" of his lawsuit. So, yes, it's all about money. And this from the network that helped bring down #JoeMcCarthy. How the mighty have fallen. Fred Friendly is spinning in his grave.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cbs-cancel-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision-1236464356/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us