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6 Reasons the Tea Party Is More Dangerous Than McCarthyism

Abby Scher, TruthOut.org. August 4, 2011.

The Tea Party rebellion brings together six major political and economic trends of the last 20 years that are distinct from the anticommunism powering the McCarthy age.

New McCarthyism: Right-Wingers in Congress Targeting America's Muslim Community

Michael Keegan, Other Words. February 22, 2011.

McCarthy targeted people's identities and affiliations, not their actions, which destroyed innocent people's careers, spread a culture of fear and failed to make the US safer.

RNC Implosion? 6 Bad Things That Have Happened to Michael Steele and the Republican National Committee in 48 Hours

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. April 6, 2010.

The week is still young, but already the RNC is flailing.

Texas Social Studies Curriculum: Out With Civil Rights Leaders, in With McCarthyism!

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. January 19, 2010.

And pro-McCarthy documents are just one addition. Other must-know-names: The Heritage Foundation and the Moral Majority.

Introducing ... the Crypto-Birther

Roy Edroso, Alicublog AlterNet: Politics. August 1, 2009.

He's not saying the President's a weird foreigner guilty of treason, he's just sayin'...

Why Does Our Government Still Spy On, Arrest and Persecute Dissidents?

Emily Spence, Consortium News. June 30, 2009.

One needn't return in time to the McCarthy Era to find many individuals who have been investigated and persecuted for holding vilified opinions.

Teacher Fired for Refusing Loyalty Oath

Pam Spaulding, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. May 7, 2008.

A California teacher is fired for refusing a loyalty oath leftover from the days of Sen. McCarthy.

Anti-War Lessons from New Hampshire

Tom Hayden, TheNation.com. January 11, 2008.

While Dem contenders spouted rhetoric about "ending the war," the real Iraq War continued safely unchallenged.