Morris Schappes, the Glossary
Morris U. Schappes (pronounced SHAP-pess, born Moishe Shapshilevich; May 3, 1907 – June 3, 2004) was an American educator, writer, radical political activist, historian, and magazine editor, best remembered for a 1941 perjury conviction obtained in association with testimony before the Rapp-Coudert Committee (investigating Communism in education in New York) and as long-time editor of the radical magazine Jewish Currents.[1]
Table of Contents
44 relations: American Historical Association, American Jewish Historical Society, American Literature (journal), American Student Union, Bachelor of Arts, Brazil, Byline, Chelsea, Manhattan, City College of New York, Columbia University, Communist Party USA, Henry Foner, Hugo Gellert, Hungarian Revolution of 1956, J. Edgar Hoover, Jack D. Foner, Jefferson School of Social Science, Jewish Currents, John Gates, Joseph McCarthy, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Long Island City, Marxism, Master's degree, Morris U. Cohen, Moses Finley, New York (state), New York City, New York Post, New York University, New York Workers School, Nikita Khrushchev, On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Perjury, Poetry (magazine), Rapp-Coudert Committee, Russian Empire, Saturday Review (U.S. magazine), Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives, The Nation, Ukraine, United States Information Agency, United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security.
American Historical Association
The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world.
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American Jewish Historical Society
The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) was founded in 1892 with the mission to foster awareness and appreciation of American Jewish history and to serve as a national scholarly resource for research through the collection, preservation and dissemination of materials relating to American Jewish history.
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American Literature (journal)
American Literature is a literary journal published by Duke University Press.
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American Student Union
The American Student Union (ASU) was a national left-wing organization of college students of the 1930s, best remembered for its protest activities against militarism.
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Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.
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Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
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The byline (or by-line in British English) on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name of the writer of the article.
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Chelsea, Manhattan
Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
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City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City.
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Columbia University
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
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Communist Party USA
The Communist Party USA, officially the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), is a communist party in the United States which was established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America following the Russian Revolution.
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Henry Foner
Henry Joseph Foner (March 23, 1919 – January 11, 2017) was a 20th-century Jewish-American social activist and president for more than two decades of the Joint Board, Fur, Leather and Machine Workers Union (FLM). Morris Schappes and Henry Foner are Jewish socialists.
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Hugo Gellert
Hugo Gellert (born Hugó Grünbaum, May 3, 1892 December 9, 1985) was a Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist. Morris Schappes and Hugo Gellert are American communists.
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Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 4 November 1956; 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by the government's subordination to the Soviet Union (USSR).
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J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Jack D. Foner
Jack Donald Foner (December 14, 1910 – December 10, 1999) was an American historian best known for his work on the labor movement and the struggle for African-American civil rights. Morris Schappes and Jack D. Foner are Jewish socialists.
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The Jefferson School of Social Science was an adult education institution of the Communist Party USA located in New York City.
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Jewish Currents
Jewish Currents is an American progressive Jewish quarterly magazine and news site whose content reflects the politics of the Jewish left.
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John Gates
John "Johnny" Gates, born Solomon Regenstreif (28 September 1913 – 23 May 1992) was an American Communist business man, best remembered as one of the individuals spearheading a failed attempt at liberalization of the Communist Party USA in 1957. Morris Schappes and John Gates are American Marxists and Members of the Communist Party USA.
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Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at age 48 in 1957.
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Kamianets-Podilskyi
Kamianets-Podilskyi (Кам'янець-Подільський) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi.
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Long Island City
Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City in the United States.
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Marxism
Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis.
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Master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.
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Morris U. Cohen
Morris U. Cohen (January 18, 1910? – July 16, 1989?) was an American professor of chemistry, dismissed in 1941 from the City College of New York (CCNY) following investigations by the Rapp-Coudert Committee and accused of Soviet espionage during 1953 hearings of the U.S. Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS). Morris Schappes and Morris U. Cohen are American Marxists, American communists, Jewish socialists and Members of the Communist Party USA.
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Moses Finley
Sir Moses Israel Finley (born Finkelstein; 20 May 1912 – 23 June 1986) was an American-born British academic and classical scholar.
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New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York Post
The New York Post (NY Post) is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City.
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New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States.
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New York Workers School
The New York Workers School, colloquially known as "Workers School", was an ideological training center of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) established in New York City for adult education in October 1923.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964.
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On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences
On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences («О культе личности и его последствиях», «O kul'te lichnosti i yego posledstviyakh»), popularly known as the Secret Speech (секретный доклад Хрущёва), was a report by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, made to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on 25 February 1956.
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Perjury
Perjury (also known as foreswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding.
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Poetry (magazine)
Poetry (founded as Poetry: A Magazine of Verse) has been published in Chicago since 1912.
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Rapp-Coudert Committee
The Rapp-Coudert Committee was the colloquial name of the New York State Legislature's Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate the Educational System of the State of New York.
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
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Saturday Review (U.S. magazine)
Saturday Review, previously The Saturday Review of Literature, was an American weekly magazine established in 1924.
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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives
The Tamiment Library is a research library at New York University that documents radical and left history, with strengths in the histories of communism, socialism, anarchism, the New Left, the Civil Rights Movement, and utopian experiments.
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The Nation
The Nation is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
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United States Information Agency
The United States Information Agency (USIA) was a United States government agency devoted to the practice of public diplomacy which operated from 1953 to 1999.
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United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), stood up in March 1941 as the "Truman Committee," is the oldest subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (formerly the Committee on Government Operations).
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United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security
The United States Senate's Special Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, 1951–77, known more commonly as the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS) and sometimes the McCarran Committee, was authorized by S. 366, approved December 21, 1950, to study and investigate (1) the administration, operation, and enforcement of the Internal Security Act of 1950 (also known as the McCarran Act) and other laws relating to espionage, sabotage, and the protection of the internal security of the United States and (2) the extent, nature, and effects of subversive activities in the United States "including, but not limited to, espionage, sabotage, and infiltration of persons who are or may be under the domination of the foreign government or organization controlling the world Communist movement or any movement seeking to overthrow the Government of the United States by force and violence".
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Schappes
Also known as Morris U. Schappes.