Word: loyalists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were impressed with the pictures Andrè Friedmann sold them. He did so well selling them that he changed his name to Capa, married Gerda Taro, his pretty assistant, and went off to Spain to cover the civil war. After his wife was crushed to death by a retreating Loyalist tank, Capa left Spain to photograph the war in China...
...Roman Catholic L'Aube. Still remembered by some are those he wrote about Spain's civil war-an event that produced a spiritual crisis for Bidault. As a Catholic he was drawn to the Franco side, but as a republican democrat he was drawn to the Loyalist side. In what has since become a well-known-and often infuriating-Bidault habit, he held a kind of parliamentary debate within his mind, eventually summoning up a majority for a decision. The debate in the case of Spain resulted in a series of passionate anti-Franco editorials...
Back in the thirties, when communism meant waving a flag for Loyalist, Spain and damning fascism, when, Russia was bravely engaged in a government experiment, the American communist party may have been an intellectual and emotional gymnasium for the professors who jointed its ranks. Today, the clean battle of ideas has turned into a muddy wrestling match for survival. The grand experiment has fizzled; Russia is clearly an enemy and the communist party line no longer encloses the liberal camp. All this should be obvious to anyone who has been reading the newspapers during the past few years; it seems...
...before Boston reporters. Each time, when questioned about communists, their activities and political purposes, Furry has acted like a Rip Van Winkle, who has been mentally asleep for the past decade and a half. Asked about his activities with a front group in 1948, Furry kept talking about Loyalist Spain. To the Congressmen, he insisted that American propaganda was distorting Soviet actions and he accused this government of persecuting communists for their political beliefs...
Furry's testimony was riddled with inconsistencies. At times, he made short speeches about the rights of governmental bodies to inquire into beliefs. Yet, he answered all questions concerning his beliefs against Fascism, his beliefs about justice, his beliefs about Loyalist Spain; he only clutched his constitutional rights when asked about possible communist connections...