years later, arthur miller was called before huac because he had a communist past and he didn't takehe fifth amendment but he refused to answer we we he didn't companies answer but asked a question and the subject turned away from that. he would not name names and talked only about himself and he was cited for tennessee tempt. times, be ollywood they stood up and said they had the right to freedom of speech and were cited for contempt and imprisoned. brian: your father's lawyer george crockett, congressman. david: yeah. i didn't know any of that. george crockett later became a congressman from detroit. e was part of a integrated law firm in detroit before there were really anywhere else. and he was a leftist but not a communist ever. but he believed deeply in protecting the rights of controversial minority groups. the same rights are due to members of the communist party have been denied to african-americans so he saw a connection between the two. he wrote a statement called "freedom is everyone's business." that was his strong sort of manifesto defense of why he was defending commun

the address that you gave was called "arthur miller freedom to write lecture." titled it "a place for literature." can you share a little of it with us? >> sure. as the ice caps melt, as oceans heat up and water tables plunge, as we rip through the delicate web of interdependence that sustains life on earth, as our formidable intelligence leads us to breach the boundaries between humans and machines and are even more formidable hubris undermines our ability to connect the survival of our planet to our survival as a species, as we replace art with algorithms and stare into a future in which most human beings may not be needed to participate in or be renew marita for economic activity, i just such a time we have the steady hands of white supremacist in the white house, new imperialist in china and neo-nazis once again mass -- marching on the streets of europe, hindu nationalist in india, and a host of which are princes unless -- and lesser dictators to guide us into the unknown. on many of us dreamt that another world is possible, these folks were jamming, too. an

ranging from arthur miller, who we haven't talked bout, the great playright, who coincidentally, wento abraham lincoln high school in brooklyn before my father, then went to he university of michigan before my father, was a friend and auncle, bob cummings, very close friend of ralph -- the other spanish civil war was killed during the spanish civil war, years arthur miller -- he was called before, because he pass, and he st didn't take the fifth amendment -- he didn't answer, he was asked the question and the subject turned he never that but answered it. he wouldn't name names. himself only talk about and he was excited for contempt. the hollywood ten back in 1947, did not take the fifth amendment but stood up and said freedom of right, speech, and they were all cited imprisoned. and brian lamb: your father's lawyer, george crockett. david maraniss: yeah. brian lamb: congressman. david maraniss: i didn't know any of that until i started researching this book. became a ckett later congressman from detroit. integrated lawan firm in detroit before there really anywhere else. not a was a

so people ranging from arthur miller, who we haven't talked about, the great playright, who coincidentallywent to abraham lincoln high school in brooklyn before my father, then went to the university of michigan before my father, was a friend of my uncle, bob cummings, and a very close friend of ralph -- the other spanish civil war veteran, who was killed during the spanish civil war, years later, wrote arthur miller -- he was called before, because he had a communist pass, and he didn't take the fifth amendment but he refused -- he didn't answer, he was asked the question and the subject turned away from that but he never answered it. he wouldn't name names. he would only talk about himself and he was excited for contempt. that she was cited for contempt. the hollywood ten back in 1947, who did not take the fifth amendment but stood up and said they had the right, freedom of speech, and they were all cited for contempt and imprisoned. brian: your father's lawyer, george crockett. david: yeah. brian: congressman. david: i didn't know any of that until i started researching this book. georg

what we now think of as the golden age of new york theater, thcareers of tennessee williams and arthur millerrst of edward albe there was a theater called the national theer, which was a tryout house, as they called it then, for broadway shows. i went there so often, usually buying standing room, that the manager took pity on me and hired me as a ticket taker. and frankly, it was my entire education in the theater, and-- and really, in retrospect, in television producing that i do now. because you'd see a show like "hello dolly!" come in that seemed to be a hit, but you would watch david merrick work on it and make it better. you'd see "the odd couple," directed by mike nickels, come in, and you'd see neil simon,e aywright, keep tinkering with it. i started writing theater reviews when i was in college, on the "harvard crimson." i reviewed plays that were trying out in boston. one of them was a new musical by stephen sondheim. years later, i'd find out thatf the producer othshow had d me to the "times" as a potential drama critic. i am really against journalistse ming friendly or chummy with

i want to remind my fellow americans in high school, most of us were assigned the reading of arthur miller'she crucible. in that story, it is a cautionary tale. it was covering the mccarthy era. said,omebody came up and what is going on? they are claiming all this witchcraft. of course the witches are going to lie. host: all that being said, how does that apply to yesterday? caller: this investigation started off with the firing. who was fired? peter strzok. he said, i dealt with people who had integrity. he does not mention that peter strzok, one of his first acts was to fire peter strzok. with haddossier dealt intelligence that was acquired from the russians. if we are going to look for fairness, we need to look at whether justice was the act that was being promulgated from the beginning. if you're going to have obstruction of justice, they want to have, make sure that the whole system was fair. host: that is mario in ohio. we will go to north carolina next. independent line. caller: hi. i would like to make a few comments regarding the mueller report. -- number one, i'm embarrassed to be

miller. lou: first he helped kill arthur anderson and for that there's a special place reserved for him in, againe's part of the problem, i fear. and he brought into the fbi's general counsel who is one of the people who signed one of the invalid fisa applications. applications raise all sorts of questions. turns out to be one of the heroes of the piece. one of the few people whose name, from the justice department and the fbi, actually exhibits integrity and, to me, a real stand-up performance in her job. >> yes, i agree. and hopefully when we see the inspector general's report we'll see more of those people in the department and the fbi as well. lou: good. well that would be nice to see them. because they've been frankly overwhelmed by events. and. >> yes. lou: -- not given the notice and attention that they certainly deserve standing up to the corruption and the ignorance of what has become the fbi under the last several directors. sidney powell, thanks for being with us. appreciate it. stay with us. >> thank you, lou. lou: stay with us. we're coming right back. real quick. lou: on wall street

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