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Tom Griffin at 20:37, 18 April 2008

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:An organisation created in 1939 by former Trotskyist philosopher, [[Sidney Hook]], to protest 'totalitarian' - meaning communist as well as fascist - 'acts of cultural dictatorship'.<ref>The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War: Calling the Tune? by [[Hugh Wilford]], Frank Cass, 2003, p9.</ref>

The Committee was supported by non-communist left periodicals such as the [[Partisan Review]] and [[Sol Levitas]]'s [[New Leader]].<ref>The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War: Calling the Tune? by [[Hugh Wilford]], Frank Cass, 2003, p125.</ref>

In 1951, Hook would go on to become chairman of the similarly named [[American Committee for Cultural Freedom]], a national section of the [[CIA]]-backed [[Congress for Cultural Freedom]].

==People==
*[[Sidney Hook]]

==References==
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	The Committee was supported by non-communist left periodicals such as the [[Partisan Review]] and [[Sol Levitas]]'s [[New Leader]].<ref>The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War: Calling the Tune? by [[Hugh Wilford]], Frank Cass, 2003, p125.</ref>		The Committee was supported by non-communist left periodicals such as the [[Partisan Review]] and [[Sol Levitas]]'s [[New Leader]].<ref>The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War: Calling the Tune? by [[Hugh Wilford]], Frank Cass, 2003, p125.</ref>

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Tom Griffin: intro

Tom Griffin at 20:37, 18 April 2008