Wednesday, January 9, 2002
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The New Mccarthyism: Radical African-American Cartoonist Aaron Mcgruder’s Boondocks Comicstrip Is Pulled From Newspapers Across the Country
I’m looking at a cartoon. It shows a young African-American named Huey calling the FBI’s anonymous terrorism tipline. He says,
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The New Mccarthyism, Part II: An Educator at the U.S. Institute for Peace Suggests That Theus Should Reconsider Its Foreign Policy and Not Retaliate with Military Force, and She Is Forced Toresign; a
'The New McCarthyism,' the cover story of the current issue of 'The Progressive' magazine, begins:
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