Crypto-communism
Crypto-communism is a secret support for, or admiration of, communism. Individuals and groups have been labelled as crypto-communists, often as a result of being associated with, or influenced by communists.[1] Crypto-communism among political leaders aided the sovietization of the Baltic states.[2]
In 1947, Winston Churchill described a crypto-communist as, "one who has not the moral courage to explain the destination for which he is making".[3]
In 1949, shortly before his death, George Orwell compiled a list for the Information Research Department of the British Foreign Office of thirty-eight journalists and writers who in his opinion were crypto-communists.[4][5]
See also[]
- Orwell's list
- Crypto-Christianity
- Crypto-fascism
- Crypto-Judaism
- Crypto-politics (disambiguation)
- Fellow traveller
- PROFUNC
- Red-baiting
- McCarthyism
References[]
- ^ Christian Gerlach; Clemens Six, eds. (2020). The Palgrave Handbook of Anti-Communist Persecutions. Springer International Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 9783030549633.
- ^ Shtromas, Alexander (2003). Totalitarianism and the Prospects for World Order, Closing the Door on the Twentieth Century. Lexington Books. pp. 257–258. ISBN 9780739105344.
- ^ "Crypto-Communist Charges By Mr. Churchill". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 April 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Garton Ash, Timothy (25 September 2003). "Orwell's List". The New York Review of Books. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ Celia Kirwan (21 June 2003). "Blair's babe, Did love turn Orwell into a government stooge?". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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