Cold War – People's World

Verdict Against Freedom: 75th anniversary of the Foley Square anti-communist trial

October 11, 2024 By People’s World

The first of the Smith Act inquisition trials sent 11 leaders of the Communist Party USA to prison in October 1949 and sparked a wave of political repression.

‘Smoking gun’: Declassified memo proves Ethel Rosenberg was not a Soviet spy

September 12, 2024 By Andrew Tucker

Sons urge Biden to issue a proclamation saying she was wrongly convicted and executed.

Comrade Kamala? The red-baiters and anti-communists are at it again

August 21, 2024 By John Wojcik

The renewed anti-communist campaign by Trump and corporate media should be seen as a warning by all Americans.

Daily Worker 1945: Atomic terror unleashed on Hiroshima

August 6, 2024 By Special to People’s World

Within days of the bombing, the CPUSA’s William Z. Foster was warning that capitalism couldn’t be trusted with atomic power.

Documents reveal Clinton forced Yeltsin into signing NATO-Russia pact

August 2, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg

At the end of the Cold War, the U.S. pledged not to expand NATO.