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Un-American activities was a phrase used by the House Un-American Activities Committee, during the McCarthyite trials. The phrase was applied by some committee members to those who were accused--often falsely--to be engaged in political activities funded or otherwise supported by the Communist Party.
Un-American activities was a phrase used by the House Un-American Activities Committee, during the McCarthyite trials. The phrase was applied by some committee members to those who were accused--often falsely--of being engaged in political activities funded or otherwise supported by the Communist Party.
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The phrase came from the title of the House Un-American Activities Committee, formed in 1947 to investigate the supposed inclusion of Communist propaganda by Hollywood.
The phrase came from the title of the House Un-American Activities Committee, formed in 1947 to investigate the supposed inclusion of Communistpropaganda by Hollywood.