Committee for Cultural Freedom
The Committee for Cultural Freedom was created in 1939 by former Trotskyist philosopher, Sidney Hook, to protest 'totalitarian' - meaning communist as well as fascist - 'acts of cultural dictatorship'.[1]
The Committee was supported by non-communist left periodicals such as the Partisan Review and Sol Levitas's New Leader.[2]
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.
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References
- ↑ The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War: Calling the Tune? by Hugh Wilford, Frank Cass, 2003, p9.
- ↑ The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War: Calling the Tune? by Hugh Wilford, Frank Cass, 2003, p125.
