Abstract
In jailing Communists, the Truman Administration is jailing itself. This sounds very silly, and I put it that way deliberately, to be provoking. How could clapping a few unimportant Reds in jail be equated, even metaphorically, with jailing the Administration? Anyway it's smart stuff-so the Humanites say in private-how can they attack the Democrats as Reds so long as the Democrats are putting Reds in jail?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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