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Pentagon investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly revives Cold War persecution of Americans with supposedly disloyal views

In an unprecedented step, the Department of Defense announced online on Nov. 24, 2025, that it was reviewing statements by U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, who is a retired Navy captain, decorated combat veteran and former NASA astronaut.

The Conversation

Critics warn Florida's new teaching standards rehabilitate aspects of the anti-communist Red Scare

Critics are warning that Florida's new social studies standards rehabilitate aspects of McCarthyism and the anti-communist Red Scare

The Independent UK

Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

A modern-day political inquisition is unfolding in “digital town squares” across the United States. The slain far-right activist Charlie Kirk has become a focal point for a coordinated campaign of silencing critics that chillingly echoes one of the darkest chapters in American history.

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Republicans are calling on Trump to revoke Mamdani’s citizenship and deport him

New York Young Republican Club and far-right Republicans demand his removal and the return of Red Scare-era McCarthyism

The Independent UK

McCarthyism, Past—and Present?

Clay Risen's Red Scare book wrongly frames it as an exclusively conservative hysteria.

Reason

A dark pattern runs through British politics: when the powerful lose control, protesters suffer

Casting your opponents as dangerous extremists is the oldest trick in the book, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Notes on a scandal: this is how Starmer’s bullies took out Jamie Driscoll – and why it matters

Having examined how the North of Tyne mayor was barred from standing again, I see something akin to McCarthyism, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Anti-communist crusaders target Big Biz

The “communism” Republicans are fighting against is modern capitalism

Salon

An unearthed John Steinbeck column probes the strength of U.S. democracy

Decades ago, as communists and suspected communists were being blacklisted and debates spread over the future of American democracy, John Steinbeck wrote about his homeland in Le Figaro.

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Rare John Steinbeck column probes strength of US democracy

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