Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism
Shannon Brincat, Frank Mols and Gail Crimmins report that a modern-day political inquisition is unfolding in “digital town squares” across the United States. The slain far-right activist Charlie Kirk has become a focal point for a coordinated campaign of silencing critics that chillingly echoes one of the darkest chapters in American history. They state “this is far-right “cancel culture”, the likes of which the US hasn’t seen since the McCarthy era in the 1950s.”