Chris Hedges Explores the New McCarthyism With Historian Ellen Schrecker
The Truthdig columnist and Yeshiva University professor, author of “Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America,” examine the role of President-elect Donald Trump and the impact the suppression of dissent has had on higher education. The Truthdig columnist and Yeshiva University professor, author of “Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America,” examine the role of President-elect Donald Trump and the impact the suppression of dissent has had on higher education. On his RT show "On Contact," Truthdig columnist Hedges discusses the issue with Yeshiva University professor Schrecker, author of “Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America.”On his RT show “On Contact,” Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges explores the rise of a new McCarthyism with Yeshiva University professor Ellen Schrecker, author of “Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America.”
Hedges and Schrecker examine the role of President-elect Donald Trump and the impact the suppression of dissent has had on higher education.
Also, RT correspondent Anya Parampil looks at a few recent examples of targets of this new McCarthyism.
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