When Was America “Great”? Exposing the Myth Behind MAGA Nostalgia

A caller questions when America was “great,” sparking a deep dive into racist nostalgia, elite power, and the myths behind MAGA’s longing for the past.

"En séparant LFI du reste de la gauche, le ministère change de fait la façon dont seront comptabilisés les résultats au soir des élections. Le bloc « gauche » verrait son score électoral mécaniquement baisser quand celui du « centre » serait gonflé par l’ajout de l’UDI."

Tout va bien 🙃

https://www.humanite.fr/politique/lfi/au-mepris-du-reel-beauvau-classe-lfi-a-l-extreme-gauche-et-le-place-dos-a-dos-avec-le-rn

#politics #politique #maccarthysme #McCarthyism #lfi #lafranceinsoumise #gauche

John McCumber: This Is Not the "New McCarthyism"—It's Worse
A shameful new chapter in the University of California’s history.

#McCarthyism #university #education #UniversityofCalifornia #California #trump
https://www.aaup.org/issue/winter-2026/not-new-mccarthyism-its-worse

McCarthyism and Trumpism

I thought the Republican Party would take this direction. But they did not:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=21&id=472

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#mccarthyism

A friend who grew up in L.A. among famous people with a famous father during the Mccarthy era said that kids of blackballed Hollywood folks were called to the front of the classroom and made to stand while the teacher told the other kids not to play with them. So their parents founded their own school, and it's still going now.

I've been thinking about McCarthyism and the sentence that brought it down. "At long last, sir, have you no shame?" I'd love to ask congress.

#Resist #McCarthyism

a sidetrack I shall have to return to after I finish my PMBS research but damn the HUAC interrogation of musicians here is very sadly fascinating. came to it when searching the names of some minor PMBS members on Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/investigationofc5702unit/page/n7/mode/2up

#HUAC #MusicHistory #McCarthyism #AFMlocal802

“What makes this #exhibition and celebration of #ArthurSzyk important for 2026 — 250 years on from the #AmericanRevolution and subsequent #DeclarationofIndependence — is how he framed freedom as something to fight for. He loved #America and was granted citizenship in 1948,” said Sara Softness, the #museum’s director of curatorial affairs. “The title ‘#Art of Freedom’ has a double meaning: not only that the #artist made pictures about or featuring themes of democratic ideals, #antiFascism, and pro-pluralism, but that freedom itself is a practice, a metier, a life’s work.”

Born in #Łódź, #Poland in 1894, #Szyk experienced major upheavals of the 20th century: two world wars, the rise of #totalitarianism, and #Nazism, the founding of the State of #Israel, #McCarthyism, as well as deeply entrenched #American #racism and #antisemitism."

https://forward.com/culture/792856/arthur-szyk-museum-of-jewish-heritage/

Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America by Clay Risen, 2025

As relevant as it is comprehensive, Red Scare tells the story of McCarthyism and the Red Scare—based in part on newly declassified sources—by an award-winning writer of history and New York Times reporter.

#books
#nonfiction
#America
#history
#McCarthyism