Fighting Modern McCarthyism: Lessons from Yesterday

Six-Week Public Study Group:

Fighting Modern McCarthyism: Lessons from Yesterday
McCarthyism never died — it evolved. Today a familiar playbook comes roaring back. A new wave of suppression by the Trump regime adds terrorist-baiting and demands loyalty to every tenet of white supremacy, patriarchy, xenophobia, and transphobia. In this discussion group, we will study the history of resistance to McCarthyism to arm ourselves with strategies for today. Together we will answer: How do we go on the offense against government attacks to our rights and our lives?

Wednesdays, February 11- March 18, 6:30pm
In-person: New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St. San Francisco, 94109
For online participation, register at: https://bit.ly/FightMcCarthyism
Donation $3-5/session

At the third session, on February 25, participants will discuss how McCarthyism was related to attacks on labor unions and why LGBTQ+ people have been targets of McCarthyist attacks. The readings on these themes are available through these three links:
"From anti-labor legislation to anti-communism," pp. 161-178 in https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1344328W/100_years_of_labor_in_the_USA? edition=key:/books/OL4491545M
https://socialism.com/fs-article/gay-resistance-the-hidden-history-part-vi/
https://socialism.com/fs-article/gay-resistance-the-hidden-history-part-vii/