Sol Levitas person
also: Samuel Sol Levitas, Levitas, LeVos
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Sol Levitas headed
The New Leader book_quoted
“Its profile evolved into a combination of progressive social advocacy and staunch Cold War combativeness. After the Second World War, it became even more popular. This attracted a global readership as well as the U.S. administration's atten…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner - Transnational Anti Communism & Cold War Part 4 @ 6:45
Sol Levitas founded
Center for Labor and Social Studies book_quoted
“Very little is known about the CLSS, and there are no accessible records left, and references to its existence have basically been scrubbed. It originated in a committee established in 1956 by TNL editor Sol Levitas, which had mainly engage…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner - Transnational Anti Communism & Cold War Part 4 @ 32:03
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The new leader served as a trustworthy source of information and opinion for members of Congress and the political elite. The magazine had been founded as an official mouthpiece of the American Socialist Party in 1924. Due to its dedication…
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new leader, a useful ally in their Cold War propaganda. They supported the journal financially. Levitas also succeeded in connecting figures such as Hannah Arndt, author Arthur Colter, D-O-E-S-T-L-E-R, Daniel Bell, and Sidney Hook to the jo…
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NATO politics, French politics, and other foreign affairs. In the tense Cold War climate of the 50s, his opinions usually fit very well with a radical anti-communist pro-Western profile. New chances arose when Saul Levitas was looking for a…
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In 1948, Toss had offered Levitas a contribution on Czechoslovakia, but Levitas had declined, instead suggesting that Toss write from time to time on important events in Holland. That would be of interest to American readers. Toss was also,…
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Saul Levitas passed on to him, quote, By the way, I want you to know this interview created quite a stir, and I received many requests for permission to reprint it. LeVos informed Tost after his interview with the Algerian nationalist leade…
▶ 32:03
Very little is known about the CLSS, and there are no accessible records left, and references to its existence have basically been scrubbed. It originated in a committee established in 1956 by TNL editor Sol Levitas, which had mainly engage…
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After Levitas' death in 61, the committee basically was ineffective. Around the same time, the CIA expanded into new fields of front operations. Evidence suggests that the agency appropriated the committee and transformed the CLS in 1962. A…