of the american communist party communist party usa they all swore a literal loyalty to the stalin soviet unioni pledge myself to rally to defend the masses of the soviet union the only party that triumph of soviet power they call it is soviet america langston hughes said put more one more s so we can call the us essay so what hit me is that's not where we are today. today's american marxist have nothing to do with the soviet term there is no ussr they are not even reaching out to china this is a type of marxism the american strain born and fashioned here in particular in the modern manifestation based on issues like race and gender that hereto for that we have never seen before. >> i think it's very important that people understand this because on my radio show people come up to me they want to know what's going on my it's going on how could people believe these sorts of things and how they undertake the enormous project why so many people are interested in learning about it this isn't a social activism it certainly isn't progressivism as they self characterize and progressivism those so-calle

soviet union. immediately after the war, he was a very big fan of the soviet union and of stalin, in the sense, they had rescued the ally cause, they had sacrificed so much for victory in world war ii. and he really resented the idea that our country build a war for another world war three with that ally. but by 19 -- by about today, which is the 75th anniversary of winston churchill's iron curtain speech, at westminster college, we 75 years ago today, was mauldin beginning to understand that the soviet union was a problem. and that their imperialism, their squelching of human rights, of free speech, of civil rights, they could not be trusted. he reluctantly became a moderate cold warrior, but he was never virulent anti communist. as you can see from this cartoon. he disliked very ellen anti communism. he liked calling them the un-american committee of the investigation of activities. the congressman here says, where is that gold sign container? we mauldin originally put in nazi eagle and swastikas under the writing on that door. the syndicate why did it out. what >> you are an expert on mauldin but

soviet union. he began immediately after the war -- he wasn't very much a big fan of the soviet union and of stalin, i mean, in a sense that they had kind of rescued the allied cause, had sacrificed so much for victory in world war ii and he really resented the idea that our country would go to war for another world war iii with that ally. by 1946 -- by about today, which is the 75th anniversary of winston churchill's iron curtain speech at westminster college in fulton, missouri. by about today 75 years ago mauldin was beginning by about the iron curtain speech he was beginning to understand that the soviet union was a problem and that their imperialism, their squelching of human rights, free speech, civil rights that they couldn't be trusted. he reluctantly became kind of a moderate cold warrior, but he was never virulent anti-communists. he disliked virulent anti-community kisses very much, loved calling them the unamerican committee for the investigation of activities, you can see the congressman here says where is that sign painter? mauldin originally put out a nazi eagle and swastika undernea

soviet union. he began immediately after the war. he was a very much a big fan of the soviet union and and of stalin, i mean in a sense that they had kind of rescued the allied cause they had sacrificed so much for victory in world war ii and he really resented the idea that our country would go to war for another world war iii. with that with that ally by 1946 by about today, which is the 75th anniversary of winston churchill's iron curtain speech at westminster college and fulton, missouri by about today 75 years ago. malden was beginning by about the iron curtain speech use beginning to understand that the sylvia union was a problem and that their imperialism their squelching of human rights of free speech of civil rights that they couldn't be trusted and so he kind of reluctantly became a kind of a moderate cold warrior, but he was never virulent anti-communist like as you can see from this cartoon. he disliked virulent and i communist very much like the house on american activities committee. he loved calling them the un-american committee for the investigation of activities and you can see the congressman here says, where's that g

stalin. they said i pledge myself to rally to defend the masses of soviet union.merican. put more s in usa to make it ussa . >> that is not where we are today, today's american marxists have nothing to do with a -- soviet common term. this is a type of marxism, american strain that was born and fashioned here, in particular in modern manifesting a, based on issues like race and gender that heretofore, an american and world experience we've never seen before. mark: i think it is important that people understand that. on my radio show, people say to that i want to know what is going on, why? how could people believe these things? that is why i undertook this project, why i think so many people are interested, this is not a fad or social activism or democratic socialism as like bernie sanders likes to self identify. this is not progressivism as they self characterize, progressivism is the bastard child of marxism. dewey and others they like the marxism and they rejected the constitution, we have people pulling down monuments, burning books, shutting down debate, atta

fact that he feared for my safety, and that in this context growing up in the soviet union, he was a small child when joseph stalin was the leader. i mean, he actually was 11 when stalin passed away, so we het quite understand what was going on at that point in time. this goes into my bailiwick of russia come some going to take a 30-second -- stalin gets denounced by khrushchev the next leader and then we learn about mass atrocities by joseph stalin where thousands and thousands of people, i'm sorry, not thousands and millions of people were slaughtered and people were put into concentration camps, gulags and stuff like that. so when his mind that's the beginning of this kind of awareness of what could happen if -- they got a little bit better i guess under krishna and brezhnev and that was my fathers experience. you just went to an insane asylum if you challenge the autocrat and the duke you up with a whole bunch of stuff. he was concerned about my physical well-being, the impact on my twin brother who still in active duty, serving right across the hall from me. and then impact impact on family. i think that's wh

soviet union. eisenhower's willing to use any personal means to reduce tensions between the two nations. joseph stalin died of a stroke just 10 days after that press conference. in which ike opened the door to a possible meeting between the two superpowers. it would be two more years before he was able to meet. with the new soviet leadership that meeting happened at the geneva conference in 1955. this big four conference consisted of the leaders of the soviet union the united states the united kingdom and france. they attended this conference to discuss. general disarmament proposals and the disposition of allied forces in berlin the soviets were particularly upset that western powers is still maintained troops in west berlin, which surrounded by east german. eisenhower's chosen to be chairman of the first of this conference's meetings. and he opened opened the conference by saying the following. we meet here for a simple purpose. we have come to find a basis for accommodation, which will make life safer and happier. not only for the nations we represent. but for people everywhere. so already in speci