Thread by @ZinnEdProject

#tdih 1950 Wisc. Senator Joseph McCarthy delivered a speech in WV; he claimed to hold list of known communists (“enemies from within”) in U.S. State Dep't.

Ask students: What was impact of McCarthyism on labor, civil rights, & anti-colonial movements? 🧵zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mcca…

"The textbook periodization of anti-communist repression, which posits

-- the Red Scare in years following WWI, &
-- the 2nd Red Scare in late 1940s & early 1950s,

ERASES the continuity & pervasiveness of anti-communist politics & policies. . ." -- ⬇️
zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our…

"Whenever organizers challenged the status quo — racism, sexism, capitalism, militarism, & colonialism — its defenders screamed 'communism.' [Yet] . . .it has always been about a lot more than Russian spies, a blustering senator from Wisconsin, and a blacklist in Hollywood."

Teachers have long been the target of Red Scare & McCarthyism -- since controlling what & how young people learn is key to controlling whether or not they can make informed decisions, think critically, & challenge status quo. See ⬇️by @AdamLaats in @Slate
slate.com/human-interest…

Today, teachers who pledge to teach honestly about U.S. history have names & cities published in rightwing "The Daily Wire," receive death threats, & calls to be fired in well-funded, orchestrated attack. Speak out in defense of teaching outside textbook.
zinnedproject.org/news/teaching-…

As more teachers commit to teach people's history & #TeachOutsideTextbook, the GOP bills to ban teaching honestly about history increase.

If you are not a teacher, please speak out in op-eds, letters to editor, at school board meetings, & more.

Read: zinnedproject.org/news/gop-campa…