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21 de may. de 2024 · In Witness, Whittaker Chambers explained his break with the Communist Party after he learned of the widespread violence and murder its ideologues were committing. As Chambers famously phrased it, he heard the screams. I left mainstream academia because I heard the lies.
24 de may. de 2024 · In the summer of 1948, HUAC took testimony from Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist who identified Hiss and a few other New Deal officials as party members. When called before the committee...
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Hace 2 días · I recently finished the rather lengthy autobiography of Whittaker Chambers called Witness —this is a complete aside but it’s terrific and well worth the time investment. He was a Communist spy during most of the 1930s and was involved with some of the most powerful men in the government—including Alger Hiss, who at one time was the second most powerful man in the State Department.
Hace 1 día · Roosevelt’s Revolution. By David T. Beito. Independent Institute, 2023. Hardcover, 404 pages, $26.95. Reviewed by Michael Lucchese. Franklin Delano Roosevelt ranks highly in historians’ polls about successful presidents. His wartime leadership is often rightly praised, and many see the New Deal as a major accomplishment.
24 de may. de 2024 · Whittaker Chambers told us something about these same matters long ago. Chambers was an American Soviet intelligence agent who defected and wrote about his life before and after his break with the communism in his renowned 1952 memoir, Witness .
Hace 3 días · Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist whose career includes an editorship with Time Magazine and a polarizing witness against former fellow traveler and FDR diplomat Alger Hiss, reflects that Communism is more or less a mindset dedicated to usurping God :
25 de may. de 2024 · After the Bentley revelations, Nixon, who was by now convinced that Hiss was a Soviet agent, invited one Whittaker Chambers to testify before HUAC. Chambers affirmed that Hiss was a part of his espionage group. Hiss asked to testify before the committee, where he denied being either a Communist or a spy.
