Behind the Civil Rights Crisis

We face a mounting crisis in civil rights. Thought control, social and economic penalties, and downright coercion are being applied to nonconformists. Some of these repressive measures are aimed at maintaining the status of already depressed minorities, especially Negroes. Others are directed at groups only recently singled out for large-scale discrimination-public servants, teachers, critics of government policies, and above all the Communist Party.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

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