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'''''The Nation''''' is a weekly [[magazine]] of opinion and reviews, first published in 1865. It was founded by [[E. L. Godkin]], the editor from 1865 to 1899. It has gone through several distinct changes. It was founded by abolitionists and in the 1865-1875 period supported Republican programs of [[Reconstruction]] in the South. In the Godkin years it was [[Libertarian]], and supported conservative [[Bourbon Democrats]] such as [[Grover Cleveland]]. At that time ''The Nation'' was the most sophisticated intellectual magazine in the U.S., and published many serious articles in politics. | '''''The Nation''''' is a weekly [[magazine]] of opinion and reviews, first published in 1865. It was founded by [[E. L. Godkin]], the editor from 1865 to 1899. It has gone through several distinct changes. It was founded by abolitionists and in the 1865-1875 period supported Republican programs of [[Reconstruction]] in the South. In the Godkin years it was [[Libertarian]], and supported conservative [[Bourbon Democrats]] such as [[Grover Cleveland]]. At that time ''The Nation'' was the most sophisticated intellectual magazine in the U.S., and published many serious articles in politics. | ||
| − | Since 1920 it has represented the left in American politics. | + | Since 1920 it has represented the left in American politics, and is much less important than before. |
The current Editor and Publisher is [[Katrina vanden Heuvel]], succeeding the now "Publisher Emeritus" [[Victor Navasky]]. | The current Editor and Publisher is [[Katrina vanden Heuvel]], succeeding the now "Publisher Emeritus" [[Victor Navasky]]. | ||
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Revision as of 18:16, October 29, 2009
The Nation is a weekly magazine of opinion and reviews, first published in 1865. It was founded by E. L. Godkin, the editor from 1865 to 1899. It has gone through several distinct changes. It was founded by abolitionists and in the 1865-1875 period supported Republican programs of Reconstruction in the South. In the Godkin years it was Libertarian, and supported conservative Bourbon Democrats such as Grover Cleveland. At that time The Nation was the most sophisticated intellectual magazine in the U.S., and published many serious articles in politics.
Since 1920 it has represented the left in American politics, and is much less important than before.
The current Editor and Publisher is Katrina vanden Heuvel, succeeding the now "Publisher Emeritus" Victor Navasky.
The Nation publishes 48 weeks a year, printing letters to the editor (including responses by article writers), editorial positions, columns by regular commentators, book reviews, and the Nation cryptic crossword, which has been set by cryptographer Frank W. Lewis since just after the Second World War.
Communism
The Nation has had writers identified as Soviet spies in the Venona project.
Victor Navasky, editor and publisher of The Nation, has criticised the Venona analysis, claiming the material is being used to "distort our understanding of the cold war". He has also referred to the files as potential "time bombs of misinformation."[1]
Communist infiltration
The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS) wrote in its Report on the Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States,
| “ | The Nation and the New Republic have long records as liberal publications. They cannot be described as Communist, but they are so infiltrated with the Communist Party policy that they serve the interests of the Communists and confuse liberals on many issues, much more than so some of the Communist publications.[2] | ” |
Further reading
- David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, "Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900," Independent Review 4 (Spring 2000), 555-75, by two libertarian historians
- I.F. Stone, Soviet Agent—Case Closed, Commentary, Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes and Alexander Vassiliev, May 2009.
See also
References
- ↑ Navasky, Victor (July 16, 2001). Cold War Ghosts]. The Nation.
- ↑ Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States excerpted, Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act, Committee of the Judiciary United States Senate, GPO, Washington, D.C. 1957, p. 2822. (p.9 pdf).
