ONLY FIND ARTICLES FROM THE DAILY WORKER FROM THE 1960S. IF NEEDED USE THE PAPERS THE BULLET OR THE NATION, BUT TRY TO STICK TO THE DAILY WORKER. Browse or search for articles from the 1950s-1960s. Choose 2-3 articles to write about, explaining to your reader (me) why you chose these articles and how they connect to class material or discussion. Look up names/terms you do not know to help you understand the article better. As many of you may know, the later sixties were a time protests, revolutions, and change, most of it directed against the liberal Cold War anticommunist establishment. Cold War thinking leads the U.S. into war in Vietnam, aiding non-Communist South Vietnam in its efforts against Communist North Vietnam. This war, combined with memories of McCarthyism and a resurgent “New Left,” repudiates the old anticommunism of the 1950s and early 1960s. The New Left embraces the communist leaders of the anti-colonial struggle, like Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam and Fidel Castro of Cuba. Stalinism is a distant memory and these new communist movements tap into young Americans’ disappointment/anger at . capitalist imperialism.Show more
