Thanks, Marv and Donal -- One "quibble" -- I think it's MUCH WORSE today and I think I know why --- In 1948, the possibility of a left-wing opposition to the Cold War and anti-communism of the Truman Administration was dashed by the poor showing oif the Henry Wallace Progressive Party campaign -- then after Taft-Harley was passed, the union leadership actually WELCOMED the purging of communists --- FINALLY, rearmament, the Berlin air-lift and the Korean war occurred with virtually NO opposition --- Thus, by the time my parents were killed, the establishment had beaten back any threat from the left --- meaning out and out fascism was NOT NECESSARY ---
Today, Trumpism has MUCH MORE serious opposition and therefore the attempt to do without even the trappings of democratic forms becomes necessary for the Trumpist coalition of -- 1) Out and out racists who never accepted the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of 1964 and 65 --2)_ The Christian Natioinalists who never accepted even the partial liberation of women, 3) The billionaires who don't just want their money --- they want to be praised and honored and given more power --- 4). UNFORTUNATELY, the failure of neoliberalism to deliver the goods and the failure of Obama and Biden to reverse the trends of neo-liberalism got too many of the working class to "TRYI" Trumpism -- these four are the legs of the incipient fascist stool that promises much worse than what happened in the so-called McCarthy period. My parents claimed to have been the first victiims of American Fascism (I don't agree with the word first --- think of all the black Americans killed by lynching between the 1890s and Emmkett Till in thie Jim Crow South) --- they were fortiunately wrong -- BUT NOW _-- we've all got a much tougher fight on our hands --- Thanks for bringing the article to the attention of the group. On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM Marv Gandall via groups.io <marvgand2= [email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM, Michael Meeropol wrote: > > Would be curious what comrades think of it. > > It’s hard to read. I’m your age and still vividly remember being upset by > the front page story in the Montreal Star describing their barbarous > executions. My folks weren’t reds but they identified with the Rosenbergs > with kids around the same age. We used to often visit my favourite aunt in > Brooklyn and I was also a Dodgers fan (the Royals were their farm team). > > It’s good to see your parents' warmth and humanity treated sympathetically > through your own and Robert’s recollections, and also timely as a new red > scare is being rolled out to break the left, albeit nothing as severe as > the widespread brutal repression experienced by your parents' and previous > generations. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43003): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43003 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120737941/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
