someday we will have a party more radical than the communists, and then the communist will be respectable. society is becoming fearful because of names. i have the same hope we will reach the same atmosphere in the future, as turned out after the 1920's. >> our audience very much appreciates these views. thank you for being with us. the editorial board for this edition of the longines chronoscope was william bradford. our guest was arthur garfield hays, general counsel for the civil liberties union. >> join us on c-span three this weekend for american history tv. today at 3:00 p.m., in honor of the 1957 public broadcasting act, the library of congress hosts a discussion about the history of news and public affairs reporting with jim larry. -- leher. university of kansas professor randall gell on african-american ministers in politics. sunday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, recollections of the battle of midway from four world war ii navy veterans who took part in the battle. america, dreams of the quality featuring the 1848 women's rights convention. kansas city, missouri, is known as the city of f

the communist explanation is simplicity itself. to them, west berlin was a base for intrigue and imperialist assaults on east berlin and east germany where a man has a chance to enjoy the finer things in life. but things were going the other way, east to west, and so has every other casualty at the wall. no one can be sure of the real reason, but prior to the erection of the wall, almost anyone who could get into east germany could reach west berlin if his feet held out. and many did. once in west berlin, you are outside the iron curtain. the free passage of people between east and west berlin was the only physical gap in the iron curtain. so the russians sealed it. the wall is a solid fact. and the wall remains. it stands in berlin today. it stands and will stand wherever the road of world communism leads. some day, according to its builders it will surround not merely the world but the moon, the stars, outer space, the universe. their objective is clear and so is ours. they intend to put the world on their road. we intend that th

the objective is to destroy the communist party. it is successful, effectively destroying what remains of the communist party. from 1966 to 1971 there are -- actions against the communist party. its membership around 80,000 1000 to maybe around active members in the 60's. large part of that is due to legal measures used against the party. they take a huge hit in 1956 when khrushchev comes to power in the soviet union. he was a monster who conducted show trials of political enemies and people he thought might be political enemies. that has a huge effect turning people away from the communist party. there is substantial dissent in the ranks of the fbi in the late 1960's, because hoover will not let this go even of the party is well past the point where it poses any remotely conceivable threat to the united states. planting evidence to suggest party leaders are informants, right? plant evidence and hope somebody comes along and leaves they are -- and believes they are an fbi informant, creating a fake communist party organization in or

this effectively remains what is left of the communist party. membership drops to maybe a .housand act members a large part is due to the legal measures used he is party. they take a huge ship -- a huge hit when khrushchev comes to party. and reveals the rumors about stalinist behavior are totally true. he is a toronto, monster who murdered millions and consent -- had political show trials. nonetheless, hoover's up session with the party keeps us going cpusa is point where relevant. hoover will not let this go when the party is well be on the point that it is a conceived -- . conceivable threat to the usa planting evidence to suggest the party leaders are informants in helps of someone else comes along and sees it and believes , creating a fake on organization to attack the party -- are yourxist left a marxist or a trucks yet that story trucks he -- or a trotsky-ite. false documents to provoke a fight between the communist already in the sicilian mafia. of fbi is well aware threats. here is the suggestion they have or how to deal with this. this

, or he was a communist himself.sell kirk, a conservative historian, intellectual laughed and said, ike is not a communist, he is a golfer. later in publication called american opinion, which became the monthly journal of the john birch society, mr. welsh decided to start having a monthly scoreboard as to how much communists were controlling america. month by month that percentage went up your by your until finally, towards one of the last publications that i have looked at, we were allegedly 80% controlled by the communists, which is absurd, just nonsense. anybody with any kind of logic would know that. that is why bill buckley said we must throw kooks and right out of theists hesitation.hout in mr. welsh said, please, walk away. we do not need you, we don't want you, you don't recognize -- you don't represent what conservatism is all about. brian: you talked about being a catholic. i assume 31 years at a catholic university, you are still catholic? lee: yes. i try to be a good catholic. brian: i want you as a catho

. >> along comes solidarity, but it's not a union run by communists. a union run by polish patriots, so it is a tremendous threat to the ussr because of the possible contagion. it would just wipe out communism if it were allowed to spread. >> some of the principle players in this country's season of worker discontent spent the season reinforcing the link between poland workers and the catholic church. >> it is important to understand solidarity without the impact of pope john paul ii. >> the soviets are nervous about john paul ii, he is anti-communist and beloved by the poles. these pressures are forcing the polish government to figure out how to keep control. >> the strike by polish ship yard workers is over. for the polish strikers, it was a day worthy of hyperbole, lech walesa telling his followers we are now co-masters of this land. >> lech walesa and solidarity are showing that you could have an independent union in a communist country and the question was how independent were they going to be allowed to be? >> how the u.s. deals with poland, with

some prominent anti-communist.idn't want that, so we kept that nobody could give more than $75,000. host: how did you get the pew money? mr. edwards: it turned out that mr. j howard pew was one of the great anti-communist of his day and died in the 1970's. it so happened that he was very close to the city college. i was there. i had written a biography of the history of the college. i met there the president of the pew charitable trust. rebecca and i got along just fine. i said rebecca, i am doing this project right now, the victims of communism. she said, very interesting. mr. pugh would have supported that. from that we managed to establish a relationship and to hopefully persuade them to support us. host: at one point did you think you would get a museum, and what happened in the end? i know there is a museum but it is virtual. mr. edwards: right. from the beginning, going back to 1993, 1994, 1995, we were talking a lot about a museum. we were impressed and inspired by the holocaust memorial museum. we wanted to

unify vietnam under communist rule. and in terms of they were called amor ray shun children, in vietnamese they were reminders of that conflict, and they were called dust children, lower than the soil you walked upon. so their plight is very tragic one. and they were allowed to immigrate over to the united states, but this also caused, brought havoc on many families in vietnam because it was also a clans for some vietnamese to leave vietnam during this period of this was the economic part in 1980s. so these children, these dust children then became valuable. because if you could link yourself to them, possibly you could come to the united states. so it was very, very difficult for these children. >> more of your calls and comments for our guests at looking at the vietnam war in 1967, particularly want to hear from vietnam vets and protesters as we've heard from that era. 202-747 h 202-747-8902. we wanted to show you a short portion of cbs report of some of the experiences of marines at that time. here's a look. >> got a

some prominent anti-communist.n't want that, so we kept that nobody could give more than $75,000. host: how did you get the pew money? mr. edwards: it turned out that mr. j howard pew was one of the great anti-communist of his day and died in the 1970's. it so happened that he was very close to the city college. i was there. i had written a biography of the history of the college. i met there the president of the pew charitable trust. rebecca and i got along just fine. i said rebecca, i am doing this project right now, the victims of communism. she said, very interesting. mr. pugh would have supported that. from that we managed to establish a relationship and to hopefully persuade them to support us. host: at one point did you think you would get a museum, and what happened in the end? i know there is a museum but it is virtual. mr. edwards: right. from the beginning, going back to 1993, 1994, 1995, we were talking a lot about a museum. we were impressed and inspired by the holocaust memorial museum. we wanted to d

meanwhile another contender will also see a new name in the running for the communist party is putting forward pavel gluten in who replaces and election veteran who had been trying to get the kremlin's top job for over twenty years because you down after takes a closer look now at the election hopeful. his name doesn't say much if anything at all to the majority of russians meet pavel grodin and the new face of the russian communist party in this presidential race he's taking the place of a man who ran for the communists in every election but one since one thousand nine hundred ninety six so who is he was he known for and why put him on the ballot well first and foremost he's a businessman who's been building a socialist utopia in miniature for just over a decade just outside moscow nicknamed the strawberry king he governs a small community that's become a shining example of what socialism can achieve. certain . experts. these are some of the socialist dreams turned reality at the livin farm gordon has long been active in the grassroots russian politics he was one of lattimer putin cam

saying russia had taken a wrong turn russia's communist party of today is a very different beast from the one during the soviet union and gruden hopes to steer it more towards a swedish or german style of socialism citing his own socialist success outside moscow even of my own. after farming community the.

it is an important technique of communist conquest. suddenly conservative elements and they poupd ond our desks ane communists take over the police. on february 25th informed that the alternative was civil war and unmistakable threats he accepts a communist cabinet. but he will not go along an remains in the power in office. two weeks later his dead body is discovered. >> three months later adopted by parliment. he refuses to sign it and is forced from office. before the year is over it is dead. eastern europe, in the words of winston church hill an iron curtain descended across the continent. behind the iron curtain is dangerous not to. but human freedom dies hard. falling to 1956 local police augmented by russian soldiers. loud laughter is not recommended. you might disturb your neighbor and he might be the law. october 1956 these demonstrators are not anti communists. they feel they have the right to determine how communism is to be administer administered. local party forces decide enough is enough. in the interest of law and order

, or he was a communist himself. , a conservative historian, intellectual said, ike is not a communisthe is a golfer. later in publication called american opinion, which became the monthly journal of the john decidedciety, mr. welsh to start having a monthly muchlboard as to how communist were controlling america. month by month that percentage went up your by your until finally, towards one of the last publications that i have looked we were allegedly 80% controlled by the communists, which is absurd, just nonsense. anybody with any kind of logic would know that. why bill buckley said that we must throw out right wing extremists out of the movement without any hesitation. said, please, walk away. we do not need you, we don't want you, you don't recognize -- you don't represent what confronted -- what conservatism is all about. host: you talked about being a catholic. at a catholicars university, you are still catholic? mr. edwards: yes. i try to be a good catholic. i want you as a catholic to put this in context. we have some video of someone i think played a role in your life. second

they were communists domestically, but they were no one's pawn. chinese and the russians playing them off each other to get weaponry to fight us to gain their independence. >> the heaviest fighting in a year broke out in south vietnam today. north vietnamese forces struck at eight bases manned by south vietnamese troops just south of the demilitarized zone. >> the north vietnamese are unnerved by the fact that the americans seem to be making peace with both the soviets and the chinese. they're feeling alienated from their principal allies. they see the offensive as a bold effort to perhaps bring the war to a close or at least perhaps put themselves in a much better position with respect to negotiations. >> the president has decided to keep american troops out of the fight and to keep them coming home on schedule no matter what happens to the south vietnamese. according to top officials here, he will limit u.s. counteraction to massive air strikes against enemy forces and installations in south as well as north vietnam. >> the americans respond in

it was we also saw we witnessed basically the sidelining of the vietnamese communist southern communist movement and leadership in their war effort. and so that by 1967 and 1969. especially surrounding the ted offensive one of the arguments made about that given how it failed to achieve the subjective and how it wiped out 80% of the nhlf infrastructure. is it something northern leads wanted to do to ensure they would control the war effort. i don't see that. there's a ton of reasons why the offensive didn't unfold in the way that party leaders had planned. but the ones who did have to take bare most of the brunt was the nlf. and the veet kong for sure. >> caller: i'm a disabled vetder ran. and some of your historian guests talk about similarities between other wars. and the similarity to me between vietnam we were fighting communism. and the war in the middle east where we're fighting terrorism. but the most striking similarity is that both wars vietnam and the war in the middle east were both proceeded by false flag events. the gulf in veal nam. and 911 in the middle east. thank you. >

i believe the chinese communists coming into it. i don't think we can ever get anywhere in that area. i don't think it's worth fighting for and i don't think we could get out and it's just the biggest damn mess. >> it's an awful mess. >> we got to think about -- i looked at the sergeant this morning and got sick kids and he's bringing in the night reading and i thought about the kids in there and what in the hell am i ordering him out there for. what's it worth to me? what is it worth to this country? >> well, we have to get -- >> we got a treaty but hell, everybody else got a treaty out there and they're not doing anything about it. >> yep. >> of course, you start running the communists, they'll chase you right in your own kitchen. >> yep. that's the trouble. that is what the rest of the bad half of the world is going to think if this thing comes apart on us. that's the dilemma. >> professor mark lawrence, that sounds like a personal phone call talking about a serious international and foreign policy crisis. >> it is. it's an incre

over our dead body, says the communist party.s man's services may be required. his company makes decorative funeral accessories, such as crucifixes and coffin handles. there is an irony to him being in the business of religious figures. he shows me his family tree. he is the great, great grandnephew of vladimir lenin, the bolshevik who declared war on religion. whether or not his body remains on red square, to most russians now, vladimir lenin is little more than a museum piece, a curiosity from a lost world. from moscow, i head east to the ural mountains, and to the city of yekaterinburg. it's the morning service. as orthodox prayer merges with the sense of burning incense, you can almost feel yourself being lifted closer to god. and yet, if there is one place where heaven meets hell, it is here for this is known as the church on the blood. people were murdered here. victims now elevated to saints, tsar nicholas ii and his family. in a house where the church now stands, they and their most loyal servants were executed. the bolsh

as far as he was concerned every communist was a and every was a communist. he wasn't in the do anything. they then went to the sheriff and told him the same thing. the sheriff's department and the police department at this point have quite a few nazi supporters one of the sheriff's captains was a nazi working with mcglocklin. we can do anything unless were ordered from washington the bureau to investigate the have of the entire western region of the german-american bond. hoover did not order you to put under surveillance. we need to open this up to questions and just a minute. but one other thing that i would like to ask about. we have the police chief and the sheriff and the fbi refused to do anything about this. there are a few good guys that are in your story. a rare animal which is a which graduated in annapolis. with the west coast. they have looked over the information. everything they sent them turned out to be true. he was the closest ally in the fight. and then an indirect ally he have an associates spymaster. he have began spine with his uncle who

. >>> the soviet communist party has not faced a serious internal threat to its political rule since the 1920s. yet, after years of forced sacrifices by the population, shortages of food and clothing persist. housing remains inadequate. intellectual and artistic expression are stifled. and growing corruption reaches into all levels of society. the soviet people respond with public displays of cynicism. but they almost never openly challenge the authority of the leadership. the soviet regime does not hesitate to enforce its rule through the violence suppression of individual liberty. it prefers to use less onerous methods of control, such as various propaganda techniques. the use of propaganda from cradle to grave by the kremlin has helped to insure at least the passive acceptance of its rule by the soviet people. the soviet regime disseminates propaganda through a vast network operating through its pilot bureau. this propaganda network incompasses over 4,000 na newspapers and an incessant stream of public lectures. for example, about 15 million lectures are given each year by the kno

the return of capitalism to china but this time controlled by the communist party. to be rich is glorious day and was reported as saying. america was now threatened by the emergence of a vast image of itself. this is one of the many very exclusive gated communities in shanghai where an apartment is one of the prices of the new communism. i had a range to see professor zion way way a close aide to the late things paying the man who changed china. they're in. really extremely. long term visionary a leader will exceed the long turn strategic vision for his country for his people that chinese do you follow that path you know they're true this is really a tradition from china's along history you look at even like mao he said we should you know surprise u.k. . which was supplied by which so they could didn't used to this day. actually or many chinese have problem with the western media is this theory about china if you. contend with fear it hypes you missed so many things you know if the b.b.c. broadcast something they are happy to always mention this comment is to dictat

guards -- every communist was a jew and every jew was a communist as far as he was concerned. he would not do anything ben lewis went to the sheriff, told them the same thing with the sheriff's department with quite a few knotty supporters one of the sheriff's kaftans was say not the working world -- with mclaughlin. they went to the fbi this said we cannot do anything unless ordered from washington the j. edgar hoover did not order his bureau to investigate the head of l.a. and the entire western region and the number two nazi in america they did not order him to be put under surveillance until the middle of november 1941 and then three weeks later. >> we need to open for questions one thing a like to ask about is the police chief and the share of santa the fbi refused to do anything there are a few good guys. >> yes. the biggest - - commanders zacharias was the goodest. he became the head of naval intelligence on the west coast looking over the information that lewis was sending him and shot his everything he sent him turned out to be true so he was the closest ally in the f

saying russia had taken a wrong turn russia's communist party of today is a very different beast from the one during the soviet union and gruden hopes to steer it more towards a swedish or german style of socialism citing his own socialist success outside moscow even though my own. after farming community that i've led for more than twenty years we've done everything to show that if socialist ideas hadn't been abandoned but instead had been firmly adhere to we don't now be living like in our community which means three education free health care social benefits for pensioners three workshops for children and all the other things that you've seen that you know so the intrigue is now will he managed to tempt all of russia with his ideal of a socialist oasis it has done of. will continue to follow the twists and turns out it will come your service twenty four seven with all the latest news and go features of course here in moscow today it's given away with the if you're celebrating christmas then for me and the rest of the teams to see it best wishes for the day of the twenty eight thank

fall of 1947, the house un-american activities committee launched an investigation of so-called communist influence in the american film industry. joseph mccarthy would host his own high-profile hearings. synonymous with the fierce anti-communism in the 1950's. an interview with joseph mccarthy where he discusses the origins of what became called mccarthyism. longines cone on scope. a public affairs program that 1951 untils from 1955. >> it's time for the longines cone scope. a television journal of the important issues of the hour, brought to every monday, wednesday, and friday. a presentation by the company longines company. >> good evening, this is frank knight. may i introduce our coeditors longines coneon scope? our guest for this evening is the honorable joseph mccarthy, united states senator from wisconsin. the opinions expressed are necessarily those of the speaker. >> senator mccarthy, our viewers, of course, know you are one of the controversial political figures of our time. this is your first appearance since your overwhelming victory in the wisconsin primaries. now, sir what

my stepfather is a member of the communist party. ideas, i could not share, confirmed my conviction communism is something we must fight. >> all refugees must undergo many different screening processes during the waiting period. >> my father is in france and my mother work in the russian zone. but she did not earn enough and put in an application for relief. in some days later they answered her if she wanted relief she has to divorce my father. that was their condition. but my mother did not want a divorce and so we left the russian zone. >> before each interview, hours of standing, waiting waiting thn again why they came. >> why at no time you finish it. >> >> i was one of the best student i refused to join the organization. they consider me politically inai inunreliable and wouldn't let me take the exam. they only wanted me to become a member of the peoples police and i would pass all exams. that meant the peoples police is a strictly military organization. >> why did this young couple ask sanctuary in a free world? >> we are emplo

with the the the communists. this. socialites media there's also the ultranationalist bloody near zero lawsky of the people likely to make about a change of the just war of when to dressings in a political landscape where ultimately the result is no it's definitely going to be put in i don't doubt it's going to be the let me put an and in fact this is not the i don't think he ever run under a party label but came to united russia as the party which specifically supporting him. the other is a hog essentially stroll kind needs serious object might say some interesting things but i think in practice the only people who might have said interesting things. and possibly the evidence he was speaks interested me but nobody listens so no it's not he's not he's not a true election it's not contested this election is not a good platform for the opposition and for the candidates to say things to rally out support but then there's this argument which says that the presence of any candidate in such a contested. elections just gives

wasn't just hamas the fact it was there as well there were other political parties including the communist party of palestine there were many factions many groups and they were all united and hamas made the point that donald trump has managed to unite all these factions all these groups which for years had problems over some of the most basic things but before you could even begin to discuss agreement but yet they were all united on stage and on the street because of donald trump deciding that he wanted to clear jerusalem as the next as the capital of israel and also recognizing it as such no the people on the street not for one minute think that donald trump would switch on the t.v. see tens of thousands of people. on the streets in gaza and suddenly decide that perhaps he made a mistake the whole point of these protests is to put pressure on arab countries and those regionally to keep the pressure on the united states to try and make sure that he tell them that they are not happy with this is well and perhaps even as we've seen in the last year or so other groups other countries look to

me another contender will see a new name in the running for the communist party it's putting forward pavol gluten in our places and election veteran who had been trying to go in the kremlin stop job list for twenty years he was daft as more. his name doesn't say much if anything at all to the majority of russians meet pavel gruden and the new face of the russian communist party in this presidential race he's taking the place of a man who ran for the communists in every election but one since one thousand nine hundred ninety six so who is he was he known for and why i put him on the ballot well first and foremost he's a businessman who's been building a socialist utopia in miniature for just over a decade just outside moscow nicknamed the strawberry king he governs a small community that's become a shining example of what socialism can achieve. certain . extent. these are some of the socialist dreams turned reality at the livin farm gordon has long been active in the grassroots russian politics he was one of lattimer putin campaigners back in two thousand helping him rise to power a d

he would later become a national leader of the american communist party. ♪ >> in the summer of 1928,nd louise, who introduced her to langston hughes, and artist aaron douglas and the brilliant writer, langston hit it off immediately and after a few weeks she would return to the bay area and sweetheart matt crawford who she married the following year. in her early days in new york as secretary to langston, and not neale hurston. and by wealthy white patron, and the relationship with a dramatic halt, and no longer control langston or louise and humiliated them both. >> she was another woman who had been a patron of the arts, particular interest was primitive people, she did not want them to write poems on these protests, seems to be primitive, had control you and when -- >> didn't have to worry. going to college, and west virginia. >> tried to ruin and made it hard for langston for a long time. >> in 1932 langston was on a speaking tour, in oklahoma, dear mister crawford, thank you, i would be happy to appear in oakland, i should be in california in april, nice to see her, sincerely, l

. >>> the soviet communist party has not faced a serious internal threat to its political rule since the 1920s. yet, after years of forced sacrifices by the population, shortages of food and clothing persist. housing remains inadequate. intellectual and arivityic expression are stifled. and growing corruption. public displays of cynicism, but they almost never openly challenge the authority of leadership. the soviet regime does not hesitate to support its rule of liberty but it prefers to use most owners' methods of control such as propaganda techniques. the use of propaganda from cradle to grave has helped to assure the acceptance of its rule by the soft yviet people. the soviet regime disseminates data through a vast network operating the central committee and politburo. this encompasses over 4,000 newspapers, a large book publishing empire, a large radio system and incessant stream of public lectures. for example, about 15 lectures are given each other by the knowledge society, a major propopr proponent of the network. and the national educational system to indoctrinate various el

saying russia had taken a wrong turn russia's communist party of today is a very different beast from the one during the soviet union and gruden in hopes to steer it more towards a swedish or german style of socialism citing his own socialist success outside moscow even of my own. at the farming community that i've led for more than twenty years we've done everything to show that if socialist ideas hadn't been abandoned but instead had been firmly adhere to we don't now be living like in our community which means free education free health care social benefits for pensioners free workshops for children and all the other things that you've seen that so the intrigue is now will he managed to tempt all of russia with his ideal of a socialist oasis it has done of. we'll continue to follow the twists and turns her sadly some tragic news is coming in as we are on every deadly accident here in moscow this afternoon and we've got some pitches we can show you too much because the initial stuff that came is pretty graphic it seems bizarrely a bus has careered off the road well off the road and

state but analysts say that both think you and that of the maoists abnormal also communist ideology and not mainstream democratic parties. many even hesitate to call them the left parties some analysts think democratic freedoms could be threatened although they have performed very well in these elections you know there are still other parties in parliament there are quite powerful and there would be a massive outcry if they tried to turn the country into a state or even rigged elections in the future having said that i think that if the left alliance consolidate his power for a long period of time then it's possible that they will try to curtail some democratic freedoms such as by trying to control civil society or the media or supporters of the alliance the new political equation maybe an even greater change than the publication of the latest constitution nepalis faced serious problems including corruption and the politicize ation of institutions in the months ahead we will see how the election winners use their power to be distressed or al-jazeera government. mexico's congress has

romania's last monarch, who was forced to abdicate by the communist leadership seventy years ago, isd with full state honours in bucharest. hello, and welcome to bbc world news. south african president jacob zuma has warned that the ruling african national congress is at a crossroads. he was speaking as delegates met to choose his successor as party leader. the main contenders to succeed him are the deputy president, cyril ramaphosa, and former cabinet minister nkosazana dlamini—zuma, who is president zuma's ex—wife. during his speech mr zuma, whose presidency has been blighted by corruption allegations, called for an end to "party infighting." our africa editor fergal keane has more. not since the anc came to power 23 years ago has so much depended on the votes of its party members. an organisation that held together through more than eight decades of white rule is now bitterly divided. they sing the same song but support very different visions. this conference isn'tjust about the future of a liberation movement, a political party. it's about the future of this country. will the anc