Red Scare

Cultural  

1. The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution.

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Red Scare

Himself an immigrant from England, Chaplin was eventually chased out of the U.S. during the Red Scare, but “The Immigrant” poetically distills the country that was, for a while, his home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

To distance themselves from the Red Scare, the Reds temporarily changed their name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025

The following essay is based on Clay Risen’s new book Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, out from Scribner on March 18.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2025

When asked about his time during the Red Scare, Trumbo recounted that regardless of what we endure, we still have to have a happy life.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025

March: The Red Scare begins when Vladimir Lenin starts a revolution in Russia that changes the Russian government to Communism.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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