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Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism
The Conversation, Vol.19 September 2025
2025
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Abstract
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.
Details
- Title
- Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism
- Authors
- Shannon Brincat - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesFrank Mols - The University of QueenslandGail Crimmins - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative Industries
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.19 September 2025
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.vxe74pap9
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991164943902621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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