On September 30, the state of Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike by lethal injection.

In our latest, we talk with author and historian Aaron Leonard about the Federal Government’s long war against American communism. Listen in: Guest bio// Aaron J. Leonard is a writer and hist…

At the time 9/11 happened I was a writer for the Revolutionary Communist Party’s newspaper the Revolutionary Worker/Obrero Revolucionario (before it became the Revolution website of “All Bob Avakian/A...

Aaron Leonard and Donald Parkinson sit down for a conversation on Leonard's recent book 'Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism

The Weathermen’s campaign of political violence failed to build a revolution, but COINTELPRO, television coverage and decades of cultural fascination turned the group into an enduring radical brand.

He wants to be the synthesis—he is a composite error.

The US impulse toward repression didn’t die with the Cold War, as current attempts to suppress support for Gaza show.

Notes on my time in Poland.

YouTube video by Hańba! - Topic

Aaron J. Leonard

Listening to the Clash After the Election

155 likes, 6 comments - freakout_bookshelf on January 26, 2026: "Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression – 1955-1972 by Aaron J Leonard @repeaterbooks This book is not a nostalgic t...

Some years back, I had the privilege of interviewing Fredric Jameson for the Canadian newssite, Rabble.ca. Given the current intoxication with AI among the billionaire class, proceeding side by side w...

Files on the late musician offer a disturbing window into the US’s long tradition of political suppression.

They don’t have much consideration for human miseries.

Get more from TrueAnon Podcast on Patreon

9 septembre 2025 Un jour, on ne peut qu'en être convaincu, le travail que découvre ce chercheur sur

The Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) has been oft-maligned by those to its left and to its right. To the casual observer the attacks from the

This trope has long been used to justify repression of anarchists, communists, liberals, immigrants, and unions.

A Cappella Books continues our virtual music series in January with authors Aaron Leonard and Jesse Jarnow, who will join us for a conversation on their respective books, “The Folk Singers and the Bur...

“A song satirizing the John Birch Society was barred from Ed Sullivan’s television show on Sunday night by the Columbia Broadcasting System, which said it was controversial.” –New York Times, May 1…

Beyond serving as harrowing entertainment, the film explores real fears about social divides in the contemporary US.

The US impulse toward repression didn’t die with the Cold War, as current attempts to suppress support for Gaza show.

YouTube video by LA Progressive

The country that existed in the aftermath of World War II is fading further with each passing year.

Now that the results of the U.S. presidential race are clear, we thought it would be helpful to highlight some of our books on democracy and the threats

Popular accounts of Nazism often claim that Hitler rose to power democratically. But, historian Richard J. Evans argues, German fascism relied on armed militias, made up of disaffected veterans inspir...