Tag: the new McCarthyism

NOVANEWS By Gloria La Riva Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen as they leave U.S. Court House after being found guilty by jury. Photo by Roger Higgins, photographer from "New York World-Telegram and the Sun" [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons This article is based on a speech about Russiagate given by Gloria La Riva, a member of the Central Committee of Party for Socialism and Liberation.  When we characterize “Russiagate” as the new McCarthyism, a new Cold War, it is no exaggeration.  But what was McCarthyism? Beginning in the 1940s, there was an offensive by U.S. imperialism to counter, and eventually overthrow, the Soviet Union and socialist camp. At home, it was an equally aggressive offensive against the working class, against organized labor, against...