McCarthyism Watch

McCarthyism Watch is Progressive Editor Matthew Rothschild's running tally of civil liberties infringements. "The New McCarthyism" ran as the cover story of The Progressive in January 2002 and Rothschild's book, You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression was published in 2007.

State Dep’t Relents: Colombian Journalist Allowed to Come to Harvard. »

By Matthew Rothschild, July 28, 2010

Also: U.S. Solidarity Workers Questionedread more

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Civil Liberties Groups, Scholars Urge Clinton to Grant Visa to Colombian Nieman Fellow  »

By Matthew Rothschild, July 16, 2010

Denying the visa to Hollman Morris sends a “particularly visible and troubling message.”read more

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Octavia Nasr’s Outrageous Firing from CNN »

By Matthew Rothschild, July 9, 2010

The media in the United States, which genuflects daily on the altar of freedom of speech, simply can’t abide employing anyone who doesn’t toe the line on Israel.read more

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State Department Denies Visa to Leading Colombian Journalist and Nieman Fellow »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 29, 2010

Hollman Morris, winner of an award from Human Rights Watch and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, can't come here.read more

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Two Teachers Under Fire for War Protest »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 24, 2010

Silently holding up an “End War” sign has led to the suspension of two Massachusetts high school teachers.read more

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Latina Commencement Speaker Heckled in Arizona »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 16, 2010

Professor Sandra Soto was called “bitch” and told to “cut your hair” when she dared to criticize Arizona’s new anti-immigrant laws.read more

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Not Cheering Helen Thomas’s Departure »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 9, 2010

In a country and a profession that is supposed to cherish free speech, it is troubling to see a veteran journalist run out on the rails.read more

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UVa Holds Ground Against State AG in Global Warming Witch Hunt »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 28, 2010

The attorney general’s demands are “unprecedented,” the school says. And “their sweeping scope is certain to send a chill through the Commonwealth’s colleges and universities.”read more

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Virginia AG Goes After Climate Scientist; 800 Virginia Professors Protest »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 22, 2010

The University of Virginia must produce reams of documents about a climate scientist who left the university five years ago. The AG’s demand is “burdensome and entirely unwarranted,” say Virginia scientists and academics.read more

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Chomsky Denied Entry Into Israel »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 16, 2010

The leading leftwing intellectual perhaps in the entire world had his passport stamped “denied entry” when he tried to enter Israel to deliver a speech at a university.read more

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Tulane Graduation Marred By Crackdown »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 14, 2010

Four students who participated in a nonviolent protest in support of striking Sodexo workers were written up. Two were told not to set foot on campus after graduation or they’d be arrested.read more

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Victory for Peace Activist in T-Shirt Case »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 10, 2010

The maker of the “Bush Lied…They Died” T-shirt was sued by parents of a fallen soldier for $40 billion. But a federal judge just tossed the case out.read more

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Rabbi Michael Lerner’s Home Politically Vandalized »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 5, 2010

The editor of Tikkun Magazine found his home plastered with posters calling him an enemy of Israel.read more

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Chomsky Warns of Risk of Fascism in America »

By Matthew Rothschild, April 12, 2010

“I have the dread sense of the dark clouds of fascism gathering,” he said. “The level of anger and fear is like nothing I can compare in my lifetime.”read more

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Protesting Girl’s Mom Charged with “Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor” »

By Matthew Rothschild, April 10, 2010

“They think I don’t have a mind of my own and I’m not capable of feeling these things that are happening and that I’m not capable of trying to do something about it,” says 12-year-old Frankie Hughes.read more

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