The Investigation of William Mandel by Sen. Joseph McCarthy

THE COMPLETE VERBATIM SOUNDTRACK OF THE HEARING: On March 23, 1954, at the height of the Cold War, with the US fighting China in Korea, and the Rosenbergs facing electrocution, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Republican of Wisconsin, investigated William Mandel, author of several scholarly books about the USSR which were in State Department Information Service Libraries. Mandel's unprecedent critical responses to McCarthy's interrogation were seen on nationwide television by an estimated 40 million viewers.

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[vtcpdx]

The link to this video on Rense.com is titled "Sen Joseph McCarthy- American Patriot." I like Jeff Rense but some of the people running his web site are jingoist jackasses. One minute they are complaining about out of control government and the next they are applauding fascism.

[radicalfilms]

@vtcpdx #

radicalfilms

Those who consider someone a "Patriot" who has been found guilty of: "1. Contempt and abuse of a Senate committee that looked into his financial affairs in 1952

2. Insulting members of this committee on national television thereby bringing the Senate "into dishonour and disrepute" and obstructing the constitutional process."

Demonstrate their ability to judge others..

[radicalfilms]

The audio was edited to remove the long pauses between statements, etc., however it is a verbatim (word for word) record of the event; which can be confirmed by consulting the Congressional Record for that date.

[starnja2009]

Duh. What a lot of retards don't get is that the reason the Soviet Empire was evil was not it's economy--but that it governed in exactly this same undemocratic, fascist way as Mcarthy et al conducted HUAC

[radicalfilms]

Senator McCarthy was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Government Operations, not connected with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). There were also similar state committees, ie: California Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities. headed by State Senator Tenney.

[Nickthetoast]

Have you no shame, sir? Have you no shame?

[cinemaman3105]

Really? I didn't know that. Where can one learn about all of this? Can anyone recommend any books about Joe McCarthy, the Communist Party (USA), and/or the hearings?

[govampdar]

@Nickthetoast get it right 4 years ago lol. and 8 people thumbs up even ...wow.

"Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency? "

[radicalfilms]

@prooc Answering any question concerning your political affiliation or belief removed the right to refuse to answer similar questions about others, even people you may only have seen at a meeting. Someone who was an officer in a chapter of the USCP, and also knowledgeable of Communist theory, could be jailed for "Conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the US Government at some future time." Answering questions about your own political affiliation thus compelled you to be an informer.

[Hockeyforlife18]

Mandel wrecked their shit

[prooc]

@crazylittlegrace He was filibustering because he was too much of a coward to admit that he was a communist. Why couldn't he just say he wasn't a member? How was that hardcore shit for brains.

[Stantzs]

wow, Roy Cohn was a fucking monster, I'm so glad he's burning in hell, because the thought of spending eternity with that man is enough to drive someone to atheism.

[lucas5101]

the audio sounds edited

[ScipioXXX]

That's funny, because all I know alot of people in the "White Russian" community here in America (i.e. former die-hard Communists who benefited from the Soviet system and spend all their time thinking of ways to see America go down the drain) supported George Bush for president just because they thought he would be such a bad president he would end up bankrupting America.