"[Howard] Fast was blacklisted from the #publishing industry... one of a generation of #artists who were purged from America’s mainstream, the #blacklist ruining their careers, consigning them to obscurity & often poverty. Many #books from that time still remain unpublished & screenplays unmade...

But within the unwavering terror of the #McCarthyist period are stories of resistance. Fast’s experience in prison... led him to write the novel Spartacus."

#movies #politics

https://portside.org/2023-09-25/how-stanley-kubricks-spartacus-broke-hollywood-blacklists

How Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus Broke the Hollywood Blacklists

May 1, 1946 was an unparalleled May Day for the Left in America. Recently discharged veterans joined with teachers, writers, artists, lawyers, and other workers to march triumphantly through Manhattan.

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