The Trump administration is increasingly linking communism and the political left, portraying them as dangers to American national security. This narrative is taking shape in the form of official directives to federal agencies to investigate groups allegedly involved in political violence, hosting an international summit on “far-left” terrorism, and releasing a report that ties influential American figures and organizations to foreign communist influences.
Many observers are drawing comparisons to a previous era in American history – the Red Scare. Historian Ellen Schrecker, known for her work “Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America,” delves into this history and the potential repetition of such events.
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