Abstract
The first assault of the House Un-Arnerican Activities Committee on Seattle in June, 1954, was a violent one. Six Committee members competed for the attention of the cameras and microphones that televised and broadcast the hearings. In turn, each orated on the evils of subversion; berated and insulted those who invoked the Fifth Amendment; made appropriate appeals to patriotism and loyalty; and inveighed against conspiracy. Cooperative witnesses were asked to make a full and irrevocable recantation of their past political sins. It was the witch hunt at its most inquisitorial.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.
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