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1960-01-01U.S. Chamber of Commerce Reaches 2.5 Million Members Through Anti-Communist Mobilization

corporate-lobbying anti-union red-scare +3

1959-09-14Landrum-Griffin Act Imposes Federal Restrictions on Union Internal Operations

labor-suppression labor-law union-restrictions +2

1959-06-26Prince Edward County Virginia Closes Entire Public School System for Five Years Rather Than Integrate

democratic-erosion civil-rights institutional-racism +2

1959-06-02Prince Edward County Virginia Closes All Public Schools for Five Years Rather Than Integrate

massive-resistance school-closure prince-edward-county +2

1959-01-01Congress Holds 25 Hearings on Pentagon Revolving Door, General Bradley Testifies Against Contractor Influence

congressional-oversight conflict-of-interest military-industrial-complex +2

1958-12-05NAM Executive VP Charles Sligh Calls for Business Political Mobilization to Build Conservative Coalition

corporate-lobbying conservative-movement nam +1

1958-11-04AFL-CIO Defeats Right-to-Work Campaigns in Five of Six States, Major Democratic Resistance Victory

labor-organizing ballot-initiative democratic-resistance +2

1958-01-01John M. Olin Foundation Begins Eight-Year Operation as Secret CIA Money Laundering Bank

dark-money cia olin-foundation +3

1957-09-24Eisenhower Sends Federal Troops to Little Rock After Governor Uses National Guard Against Integration

federal-intervention democratic-erosion civil-rights +2

1957-09-09Civil Rights Act of 1957: First Federal Voting Rights Law Since Reconstruction Passes Despite Southern Filibuster

civil-rights voting-rights southern-strategy +3

1957-06-17Yates v. United States Limits Smith Act Prosecutions, Supreme Court Begins Retreat from McCarthyism

first-amendment civil-liberties red-scare +3

1957-03-01Indiana Passes Right-to-Work Law, So Unpopular It's Repealed Within Eight Years

labor-suppression union-busting democratic-resistance +2

1956-11-13Supreme Court Affirms Montgomery Bus Segregation Unconstitutional, Boycott Ends in Victory

civil-rights segregation nonviolent-resistance +2

1956-09-21Virginia Enacts Massive Resistance Laws Authorizing School Closures to Prevent Integration

massive-resistance stanley-plan school-closure-laws +2

1956-08-28FBI Director Hoover Launches COINTELPRO to Target Communist Party and Domestic Dissent

democratic-erosion surveillance intelligence-manipulation +2

1956-06-29Federal-Aid Highway Act Creates Interstate System, Enables Destruction of Black Urban Neighborhoods

corporate-interests infrastructure institutional-racism +2

1956-03-29Mississippi Creates State Sovereignty Commission for Civil Rights Surveillance and Segregationist Funding

massive-resistance government-surveillance state-sovereignty-commission +2

1956-03-12Southern Manifesto Signed by 101 Congressmen Pledging Resistance to School Integration

massive-resistance southern-manifesto congressional-obstruction +2

1956-02-06University of Alabama Expels Autherine Lucy After White Mob Violence, First Black Student Barred

civil-rights institutional-racism segregation +2

1956-01-01White Citizens Councils Reach Peak Membership of 300,000 Through Business Elite Coordination

southern-strategy corporate-resistance segregation +3

1955-12-05AFL-CIO Merger Consolidates Labor Movement, But Cements Conservative Leadership

cold-war labor unions +2

1955-12-01Rosa Parks Arrested for Refusing to Give Up Bus Seat Sparking Montgomery Bus Boycott

democratic-erosion civil-rights institutional-racism +2

1955-08-28Emmett Till Murdered in Mississippi After Accusation from White Woman

democratic-erosion civil-rights institutional-racism +2

1955-05-31Brown II Orders Desegregation with "All Deliberate Speed," Enabling Decade of Resistance

democratic-erosion civil-rights segregation +2

1955-01-01National Right to Work Committee Founded to Coordinate Anti-Union Corporate Lobbying

labor-suppression right-to-work anti-union-lobbying +2

1954-12-02Senate Votes 67-22 to Censure Joseph McCarthy Ending Four Years of Terror

institutional-resistance political-accountability red-scare +1

1954-09-01Communist Control Act Bans Party Members from Union Leadership, Weaponizing Anti-Communism Against Labor

labor-suppression cold-war union-busting +3

1954-08-02Housing Act of 1954 Expands Urban Renewal, Intensifies Destruction of Black Communities

housing-policy corporate-interests institutional-racism +2

1954-07-11White Citizens' Councils Founded With Business Elite Backing to Resist Integration

massive-resistance white-citizens-councils segregation-infrastructure +2

1954-06-27CIA Operation PBSUCCESS Overthrows Guatemalan Democracy, Protects United Fruit Company Interests

cold-war intelligence-overreach foreign-intervention +3

1954-06-17Operation Wetback Mass Deportation Uses Military Tactics, Human Rights Violations

militarization racial-profiling human-rights-violations +2

1954-06-09Joseph Welch Confronts McCarthy with Have You No Sense of Decency in Army Hearings

institutional-resistance political-persecution red-scare +1

1954-05-17Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision Declares School Segregation Unconstitutional

democratic-erosion civil-rights institutional-racism +2

1954-04-22Army-McCarthy Hearings Begin as Military Charges Senator with Improper Pressure for Aide

institutional-resistance mccarthyism congressional-action +2

1954-04-12AEC Security Hearing Against Oppenheimer Begins Targeting Manhattan Project Director

political-persecution surveillance-state institutional-corruption +2

1954-02-26Bricker Amendment Fails by One Vote, Conservative Attempt to Limit Treaty Power Defeated

cold-war corporate-interests constitutional-amendment +2

1954-01-01Union Membership Reaches Peak of 35% of Workforce, Enabling Shared Prosperity

labor-rights collective-bargaining union-membership +2

1954-01-01Eisenhower Convenes Business Leaders to Create Public Affairs Council for Political Mobilization

corporate-lobbying political-mobilization eisenhower +2

1953-10-30Eisenhower Approves New Look Defense Policy - Cuts Military Budget by One-Third Despite Pentagon Resistance

military-spending pentagon fiscal-policy +2

1953-08-19CIA Operation Ajax Overthrows Democratic Iranian Government, Installs Shah Dictatorship

cold-war intelligence-overreach foreign-intervention +3

1953-08-13Eisenhower Executive Order 10479 Creates Committee on Government Contracts, Weak Anti-Discrimination Enforcement

executive-order civil-rights employment-discrimination +1

1953-06-19Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing, Cold War's Most Controversial Death Penalty Case

civil-liberties cold-war political-persecution +3

1953-04-16Eisenhower's "Chance for Peace" Speech - Every Gun Made Is a Theft From Those Who Hunger

military-spending presidential-warning defense-budget +1

1953-04-13CIA MKULTRA Project Officially Begins

cold-war intelligence psychological-manipulation +2

1953-02-09Roy Cohn Establishes Blackmail and Intimidation Network

institutional-capture political-manipulation intelligence-operations +4

1953-01-28Charles Wilson Confirmed Defense Secretary After "Good for General Motors" Controversy Reveals Corporate-State Fusion

defense-policy conflict-of-interest military-industrial-complex +2

1953-01-01FCC Adopts Seven-Station Rule Limiting Broadcast Ownership to Prevent Media Monopoly and Ensure Viewpoint Diversity

antitrust fcc ownership-limits +4

1952-06-27McCarran-Walter Act Imposes Racialized Immigration Quotas Over Truman Veto - 85% for Europeans

immigration racial-discrimination quota-system +2

1952-01-01Hollywood Blacklist Reaches Peak with Over 300 Industry Professionals Banned

first-amendment civil-liberties red-scare +3

1951-08-01Electric Boat Awarded Contract for First Nuclear Submarine USS Nautilus, Launching General Dynamics

cold-war military-industrial-complex corporate-consolidation +2

1951-06-04Dennis v. United States Supreme Court Upholds Smith Act Convictions, Criminalizes Political Advocacy

first-amendment civil-liberties political-persecution +3

1951-04-01Hollywood Ten Released from Prison but Remain Blacklisted, Industry Persecution Continues

first-amendment civil-liberties political-persecution +3

1951-03-29Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Convicted of Espionage in Controversial Red Scare Trial

political-persecution surveillance-state institutional-corruption +2

1951-03-12Kefauver Committee Televised Hearings Draw 30 Million Viewers - Organized Crime Exposed

congressional-investigation organized-crime televised-hearings +1

1950-12-29Celler-Kefauver Act Closes Merger Loopholes, Strengthens Government Power to Block Anticompetitive Consolidation

corporate-power antitrust cold-war +2

1950-09-23McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Requires Communist Registration

first-amendment civil-liberties red-scare +3

1950-09-08Defense Production Act Institutionalizes Korean War Industrial Mobilization, Defense Budget Quadruples to $50 Billion

permanent-war-economy military-industrial-complex defense-spending +3

1950-09-01State Loyalty Oaths Spread as California Passes Levering Act, Requires Public Employee Pledges

civil-liberties political-persecution red-scare +3

1950-08-01State Department Revokes Paul Robeson Passport for Political Views and Soviet Support

civil-liberties political-persecution surveillance-state +2

1950-06-22Red Channels Published, Launching Broadcasting Blacklist and Corporate "Smear and Clear" Racket

red-scare mccarthyism hollywood-blacklist +3

1950-06-01Margaret Chase Smith Delivers Declaration of Conscience Against McCarthy Witch Hunt

civil-liberties institutional-corruption red-scare +1

1950-05-23Treaty of Detroit - GM-UAW Contract Establishes Labor Containment Model

labor-policy corporate-strategy collective-bargaining +2

1950-04-07NSC-68 Directive Creates Permanent Military-Industrial Establishment - Defense Spending to Triple

institutional-capture military-spending defense-policy +2

1950-02-09McCarthy Wheeling Speech Claims 205 Communists in State Department Launching Witch Hunt

political-persecution institutional-corruption disinformation +2

1950-01-01Corporate Anti-Communist Network Coordinates Labor Suppression Through NAM, Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure

systematic-corruption labor-suppression union-busting +3

1949-12-08China Lobby Intensifies Campaign After Nationalist Retreat to Taiwan - Alfred Kohlberg Funds Propaganda

propaganda cold-war influence-operations +2

1949-11-15CIO Expels United Electrical Workers and Farm Equipment Workers, Beginning Purge of Communist-Led Unions

labor-suppression cold-war union-busting +3

1949-08-10Louis Johnson Exonerated in B-36 Scandal Despite Convair Board Service and Contract Awards

systematic-corruption regulatory-capture conflict-of-interest +3

1949-07-15Housing Act of 1949 Creates Urban Renewal Program, Becomes "Negro Removal"

institutional-capture racial-oppression housing-policy +1

1949-06-01FCC Establishes Fairness Doctrine Requiring Broadcasters to Present Balanced Coverage of Controversial Issues

fcc media-regulation fairness-doctrine +3

1949-04-04NATO Established - 12 Nations Form Collective Defense Pact, $1.4 Billion Defense Buildup Begins

nato cold-war military-industrial-complex +2

1948-08-03Alger Hiss Testifies Before HUAC as Whittaker Chambers Accuses Him of Espionage

political-persecution surveillance-state institutional-corruption +1

1948-07-26Executive Order 9981 Desegregates U.S. Military - Truman Repudiates 170 Years of Discrimination

executive-order military civil-rights +2

1948-07-17Dixiecrat Revolt - Strom Thurmond Leads Segregationist Walkout After Democratic Civil Rights Platform

racial-politics southern-strategy political-realignment +2

1948-05-03Supreme Court Rules Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants Unenforceable

institutional-capture racial-oppression housing-policy +1

1948-04-03Marshall Plan Begins - $13 Billion Aid Program Benefits American Exporters and Defense Industry

cold-war corporate-welfare military-industrial-complex +2

1948-01-27Smith-Mundt Act Authorizes State Department Propaganda Apparatus - Voice of America Expands

propaganda cold-war information-warfare +2

1947-11-25Waldorf Statement Launches Hollywood Blacklist, Studio Executives Pledge to Fire Hollywood Ten

first-amendment red-scare mccarthyism +3

1947-10-20HUAC Hollywood Hearings Begin, Studio Executives Cooperate as "Friendly Witnesses"

first-amendment red-scare mccarthyism +3

1947-10-01Levittown Opens as America's First Suburb With Explicit Whites-Only Policy

institutional-capture systematic-corruption racial-oppression +1

1947-09-18James Forrestal Becomes First Defense Secretary, Fusing Wall Street Financial Power with Pentagon

institutional-capture defense-policy military-industrial-complex +3

1947-07-26National Security Act Establishes Permanent Warfare State and Military-Industrial Framework

institutional-capture military-industrial-complex defense-industry +2

1947-06-23Taft-Hartley Act Severely Restricts Union Power, Enables State Right-to-Work Laws

labor-suppression union-busting labor-law +3

1947-06-23Anti-Communist Loyalty Oaths and Taft-Hartley Act Weaponized to Crush Labor Movement

corporate-power institutional-capture labor-rights +2

1947-04-10Mont Pelerin Society Founded with Volker Fund Support, Launching International Free-Market Network

neoliberalism chicago-school free-market-ideology +4

1947-03-21Executive Order 9835 Establishes Federal Loyalty Program - 5 Million Screened, Guilt Presumed

civil-liberties surveillance executive-order +3

1947-03-12Truman Doctrine Announces $400 Million Military Aid Package - Cold War Containment Policy Begins

foreign-policy cold-war military-industrial-complex +2

1947-01-01National Association of Manufacturers Drafts Taft-Hartley Act "Sentence by Sentence, Paragraph by Paragraph"

labor-suppression corporate-lobbying nam +3

1946-11-09Price Controls End After Corporate Decontrol Campaign, Inflation Spikes

corporate-influence deregulation consumer-exploitation +2

1946-08-01Atomic Energy Act Creates AEC, Establishes Unprecedented Peacetime Secrecy Regime

regulatory-capture military-industrial-complex secrecy +3

1946-06-11Administrative Procedure Act Codifies Regulatory Process, Creates Industry Capture Opportunities

regulatory-capture corporate-influence administrative-law +2

1946-05-01Operation Dixie Launched to Unionize the South, Met with Violent Corporate Resistance

labor-organizing racial-politics union-busting +4

1946-02-20Employment Act of 1946 Gutted, Full Employment Guarantee Abandoned

corporate-influence labor-policy deregulation +2

1946-01-01National Association of Manufacturers Launches Massive Anti-Union Propaganda Campaign After Strike Wave

propaganda labor-suppression public-relations +3

1945-11-21Largest Strike Wave in U.S. History Begins as 5 Million Workers Walk Out

corporate-power labor-organizing strike +2

1945-11-19Truman Proposes National Health Insurance, AMA Mobilizes Unprecedented Opposition Campaign

institutional-capture lobbying propaganda +3

1945-09-06Truman 21-Point Program Defeated, Corporate Backlash Against New Deal Begins

corporate-influence labor-policy legislative-capture +2

1945-09-03Operation Paperclip Secretly Recruits Nazi Scientists, Whitewashes War Crimes

cold-war institutional-corruption war-crimes +3

1945-08-15WWII Defense Contractors Convert to Peacetime Economy While Maintaining Pentagon Subsidies and Infrastructure

military-industrial-complex economic-manipulation defense-contracts +2

1945-01-03HUAC Made Permanent Standing Committee, Institutionalizes Political Persecution

civil-liberties institutional-capture political-persecution +2