From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 06:25:07 MST
In a message dated 1/7/2003 12:15:15 AM Central Standard Time,
thespike@earthlink.net writes: The list doesn't go on and on. The point
that's invariably made about the role of GALAXY and some of the other
English-language sf magazines of the fifties is their near *uniqueness* in
standing (via allegory) against propaganda, bigotry and media silence, as was
sf in the Soviet Union then and later.
Damien,
I didn't read Galaxy that often and wasn't aware they were
Anti-McCarthy. But other magazines were. My daily paper was a conservative
Republican (Reputedly) in St. Louis that ran a comic strip daily, in the
early 50s, attacking ol' tailgunner Joe with great glee.
Now the man did have supporters. I have read that one of his
financial supporters was Joe Kennedy. Certainly the two Kennedy boys were
supporters in committee. I suppose that Nixon supported him until 52.
However if you notice the people that openly opposed Joe M. went
pretty much unscathed. His power was over the timid artistic type.
Ron h.
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