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List of organizations historically described as communist fronts by the United States government

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This list of organizations historically described as communist fronts by the United States government includes the names of groups included in various reports of the attorney general of the United States or House Un-American Activities Committee listing "subversive" or "communist" front groups. While some of these were documentable mass organizations of the Communist Party USA, many were included out of convenience or political expedience.

Inclusion on any of these lists should not be regarded as definitive proof of covert organizational ties or actual subversive intent.

1948 Attorney General's list

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1961 HUAC guide

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On December 1, 1961, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) published a 288-page book entitled Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications.[1] This massive list, annotated with notes documenting the first official government mention of alleged communist affiliation, superseded a very similar list published on January 2, 1957.[1] The style of the publication follows that of a 1948 HUAC pamphlet, Citations by Official Government Agencies of Organizations and Publications Found to be Communist or Communist Fronts.[2]

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Committee on Un-American Activities, US House of Representatives, Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications (and Appendixes): Revised and Published December 1, 1961 to Supersede Guide Published on January 2, 1957: (Including Index). Washington: US Government Printing Office, 1962.
  2. ^ Committee on Un-American Activities, US House of Representatives, Citations by Official Government Agencies of Organizations and Publications Found to be Communist or Communist Fronts. Washington: US Government Printing Office, Dec. 18, 1948.
  3. ^ "Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel". archive.org. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ^ https://vault.fbi.gov/rosenberg-case/rosenberg-sobell-committe/rosenberg-sobell-committee-part-4 [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ https://vault.fbi.gov/rosenberg-case/julius-and-ethel-rosenberg/julius-and-ethel-rosenberg-part-1 [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Communist Activities in California". texts.cdlib.org. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Rosenberg-Sobell Committee". archive.org. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. ^ Benton, Loron Melinda (2020). Interior Spaces, Spiritual Traces: Theorizing the Erotic in the Cultural Works and Creative Lives of Black Women Writers and Artists, 1930-1970 (Thesis). UCLA.
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