Joel Whitney: That Time the KKK Tried to Kill Paul Robeson
The "Finks" author joins Robert Scheer to discuss a little-told episode in the socialist actor and singer’s life and why it’s seemingly been erased from our collective American memory.
Robert Scheer
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SI: Biography
SI: History
SI: Human Rights & Civil Rights
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
Joel Whitney: The Egregious Price America Exacts for Integrity
The "Finks" author joins Robert Scheer to talk about the lives of poets George and Mary Oppen, two admirable Americans persecuted for their leftist ideals.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Democracy & Media
SI: History
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Reporting Abuse of Power
Joel Whitney: The CIA’s Cold War Literary Influence
The author of "Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers" discusses how the spy agency used its own form of propaganda to counter criticism.