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McWilliams, Carey | April 7, 1956 issue

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The American liberal movement, suffers from an acute case of nostalgia. The accuracy of the accusation must be conceded. No one who participated in liberal politics of 1930s will want to forget the experience. There was excitement in the air and a sense of movement and achievement and purpose. In retrospect the freedom of the depression decade stands out in glaring contrast with the sick conformity of the 1950's. Then, too, the assaults on both the living and the dead were political suicides which began with the inception of the witch hunt, touched many liberals more deeply than the postwar generation can possibly imagine.

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NOSTALGIA; POLITICAL science -- United States; CHARGES & specifications (Courts-martial); SUICIDE; EMOTIONS; UNITED States
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