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Launched as the '''''National Guardian''''' in October 1948 by [[James Aronson]], [[Cedric Belfrage]] <ref>FBI Silvermaster file, [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster055.pdf Vol. 55, pgs. 35 - 39], Cedric Belfrage, James Aronson, and [http://www.geocities.com/avflf/RedTerror_1.htm Ilya Ehrenberg].</ref> John McManus, its contributors included pro-Communist writers such as [[Agnes Smedley]] and [[Anna L. Strong]]. [[Wilfred Burchett]] was also a significant influence in the ''National Guardian's'' editorial policies.  Testimony by [[Elizabeth Bentley]] and confirmed by the [[Venona]] intercepts, revealed that Belfrage made contact with Soviet espionage agents during [[World War II]].  In 1947 the [[FBI]] questioned Belfrage, who admitted to having provided confidential information to the Soviets.

Launched as the '''''National Guardian''''' in October 1948 by [[James Aronson]], [[Cedric Belfrage]] <ref>FBI Silvermaster file, [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster055.pdf Vol. 55, pgs. 35 - 39], Cedric Belfrage, James Aronson, and [http://www.geocities.com/avflf/RedTerror_1.htm Ilya Ehrenberg].</ref> John McManus, its contributors included pro-Communist writers such as [[Agnes Smedley]] and [[Anna L. Strong]]. [[Wilfred Burchett]] was also a significant influence in the ''National Guardian's'' editorial policies.  Testimony by [[Elizabeth Bentley]] and confirmed by the [[Venona]] intercepts, revealed that Belfrage made contact with Soviet espionage agents during [[World War II]].  In 1947 the [[FBI]] questioned Belfrage, who admitted to having provided confidential information to the Soviets.

[[Progressives for Obama]] webmaster<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/carldavidson Carl Davidson,] LinkedIn.com, retrieved March 13, 2010.</ref> [[Carl Davidson]] was a regular pro-[[Maoist]] contributor in the 1970s<ref>[http://www.wengewang.org/read.php?tid=10925 ''Left in Form, Right in Essence: A Critique of Contemporary Trotskyism,''] Carl Davidson, (1973). This pamphlet was originally published as a series of 12 articles in early 1973 in the ''Guardian'' newsweekly. Second printing Spring 1974. Retrieved from 对当代托洛茨基主义的批判：英文论集百花齐放 - 中国文革研究网, March 15, 2010.</ref> as was [[Wikipedia]] "expert" [[Chip Berlet]] in the 1980s. The publication has been regularly cited as an [[extremist]] publication in John George and Laird Wilcox's ''Nazis, Communists, Klansmen, and Others on the Fringe: Political Extremism in America.''<ref>''Nazis, Communists, Klansmen, and Others on the Fringe: Political Extremism in America,'']John George and Laird Wilcox, Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York, 1992,  Chapter 9, ''[[Guardian]]'', pgs. 125-131. (ISBN 0-87975-680-2)</ref>

[[Progressives for Obama]] webmaster<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/carldavidson Carl Davidson,] LinkedIn.com, retrieved March 13, 2010.</ref> [[Carl Davidson]] was a regular pro-[[Maoist]] contributor in the 1970s<ref>[http://www.wengewang.org/read.php?tid=10925 ''Left in Form, Right in Essence: A Critique of Contemporary Trotskyism,''] Carl Davidson, (1973). This pamphlet was originally published as a series of 12 articles in early 1973 in the ''Guardian'' newsweekly. Second printing Spring 1974. Retrieved from 对当代托洛茨基主义的批判：英文论集百花齐放 - 中国文革研究网, March 15, 2010.</ref> as was [[Wikipedia]] "expert" [[Chip Berlet]] in the 1980s. The publication has been regularly cited as an [[extremist]] publication in John George and Laird Wilcox's ''Nazis, Communists, Klansmen, and Others on the Fringe: Political Extremism in America.''<ref>''Nazis, Communists, Klansmen, and Others on the Fringe: Political Extremism in America,'' John George and Laird Wilcox, Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York, 1992,  Chapter 9, ''[[Guardian]]'', pgs. 125-131. (ISBN 0-87975-680-2)</ref>

==Korean War disinformation==

==Korean War disinformation==

In the late 1960s the ''Guardian'' develops stronger links with [[Students for a Democratic Society]] (SDS) and the [[Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee]] (SNCC) and other [[leftist]] radicals.  By the end of 1969 its paid readership was 24,000, the highest since the aftermath of the Wallace campaign in 1948.<ref>Chronology of Political Events, [http://www.revolutionintheair.com/chron/chron2.html Part Two, 1967-1970,] Revolution In The Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che, Max Elbaum.</ref>

In the late 1960s the ''Guardian'' develops stronger links with [[Students for a Democratic Society]] (SDS) and the [[Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee]] (SNCC) and other [[leftist]] radicals.  By the end of 1969 its paid readership was 24,000, the highest since the aftermath of the Wallace campaign in 1948.<ref>Chronology of Political Events, [http://www.revolutionintheair.com/chron/chron2.html Part Two, 1967-1970,] Revolution In The Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che, Max Elbaum.</ref>

Throughout the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, the paper supported so-called "[[national liberation struggle]]s", Africa in the 1950's, Southeast Asia in the 1960's and early 1970's, and Latin America in the 1980's.

Throughout the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, the paper supported so-called "[[national liberation struggle]]s", Africa in the 1950s, Southeast Asia in the 1960s and early 1970s, and Latin America in the 1980s.

==Break with Maoists==

==Break with Maoists==