Victor Navasky – Naming Names: The Hollywood Blacklist

Program Title: Victor Navasky – Naming Names: The Hollywood Blacklist
Description: The anti-Communist hysteria rampant in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s is often called the McCarthy period. But the red-baiting and persecution started even before McCarthy was elected to the Senate in 1946. The notorious House Un-American Activities Committee, HUAC, led the crusade to ferret out alleged Communists in the U.S. They struck gold when they took on Hollywood, not because they actually found Communists but because of the public’s media-fed fixation on movie and Broadway stars. Perhaps the most interesting case involved the legendary director Elia Kazan who felt he had to name names and cooperate with HUAC.

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Featured Speakers/Guests: Victor Navasky was the long-time editor and publisher of The Nation magazine. In 1982, his book Naming Names about the Hollywood blacklist won the National Book Award. He died in January 2023 at the age of 90.

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Topic: Politics Type: Interview

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