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Mar 31

Che Guevara Speaks Out

Mar. 31, 1964 - Ernesto (Che) Guevara, Minister of Industry in Cuba, welcomed today a declaration last week by U.S. Senator J.W....

Jun 4, 2023

Hoover: Communist Party “This Nation’s Most Formidable Enemy”

June 4, 1963 - FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (pictured last month) has warned that the Communist Party, “this nation’s most formidable...

Mar 21, 2023

Castro on Khrushchev: “I Would Have Boxed His Ears”

Mar. 21, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro (pictured right in 1960) said in an interview published in Paris today that if Premier Khrushchev...

Dec 25, 2022

Castro Sets New Conditions on Emigration of Bay of Pigs Relatives

Dec. 25, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro switched signals today and told relatives of ransomed invasion prisoners that if they want to go to...

Dec 17, 2022

U.S. Communist Party Found Guilty on Federal Charge

Dec. 17, 1962 - The Communist Party of the United States was found guilty today of refusing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union...

Nov 4, 2022

Anniversary of Hungarian Revolution Honored

Nov. 4, 1962 - A special prayer on the anniversary of the Soviet crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (pictured) was offered today...

May 18, 2022

Peter Seeger's Conviction Reversed

May 18, 1962 - The conviction a year ago of Pete Seeger, folk singer, was unanimously reversed today by the U.S. Court of Appeals. The...

Mar 3, 2022

Three American Nazis Arrested at NYC Demonstration

Mar. 3, 1962 - Three members of the American Nazi party were arrested last night and charged with wearing illegal uniforms while...

Feb 13, 2022

Massive Left-Wing Demonstration in Paris

Feb. 13, 1962 - France’s organized workers laid aside their tools today while hundreds of thousands marched in Paris in homage to the...

Oct 1, 2021

South Vietnam President Diem: We're at War

Oct. 1, 1961 - South Vietnam's struggle against armed Communist insurgents has grown from guerrilla action to "real war" in the last...

Sep 30, 2021

Hoover Says American Reds Moving Underground

Sept. 30, 1961 - The American Communist party is moving farther underground in order to resist the Supreme Court's ruling that the party...

Sep 29, 2021

Castro Shuts Down Last Havana Casino

Sept. 29, 1961 - The last of Havana's gambling casinos closed quietly today, minutes after Premier Fidel Castro had announced that his...

Sep 29, 2021

Fear of Nuclear Radioactivity Increasing in U.S.

Sept. 29, 1961 - An American Medical Association publication came up today with a new phobia: "nucleomitophobia," or fear of atomic...

Sep 28, 2021

CIA Official Details Communist Subversion Tactics

Sept. 28, 1961 - An official of the Central Intelligence Agency has testified that fomenting riots, infiltrating police forces, and...

Sep 27, 2021

Berlin Wall Documentary (Video)

Sept. 27, 1961 - Here is a documentary on the Berlin Wall, the construction of which began August 13. #communism #communist #coldwar...

Sep 25, 2021

Eisenhower Impressed by President Kennedy's U.N. Speech

Sept. 25, 1961 - Former President Eisenhower commended President Kennedy's U.N. speech today. He said he believed "it summed up,...

Sep 25, 2021

🚨At U.N., President Kennedy Declares West Will Stand Firm on Berlin

Sept. 25, 1961 - President Kennedy said today that the Western powers would stand firm on West Berlin, but he emphasized that they wished...

Sep 24, 2021

Robert Kennedy says President Would Use Nuclear Weapons if Necessary

Sept. 24, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today that there "is no question" that his brother, President Kennedy, would...

Sep 23, 2021

Castro's Popularity May Be Slipping

\Sept. 23, 1961 - Five months have passed since Premier Fidel Castro described triumphantly on television the defeat of the anti-Castro...

Sep 22, 2021

Communist Viet Cong Launch Another Attack in South Vietnam

Sept. 22, 1961 - For the second time this week, the Communist guerrillas known as Viet Cong launched a devastating attack in South...