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Claudia Jones: The American Communist who founded Notting Hill
February 21, 2024| Pete| 1253
Claudia Jones, born 109 years ago today, was deported by the US and left her mark on Britain insteadClaudia Jones blue plaque in Notting Hill, London. Credit: The Notting Hill Carnival was founded by a communist.
The HUAC hearings: An Attack on Free Thought in America
October 20, 2018| Pete| 1810
'The Land of the Free' is how we're often introduced to the United States. Of course, there have been plenty of Americans who moved mountains to make America a freer place to live: Sojourner Truth, Abe Lincoln, Alice Paul, Muhammad Ali and many more.
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