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THE ECONOMIC LEAGUE

The Silent McCarthyism

Authors: Mark Hollingsworth and Charles Tremayne

The Economic League Synopsis

Are you or have you ever been a political or trade union activist? If so, watch out because you could be on the Economic League’s blacklist of ‘subversives’. For 60 years the League secretly distributed information to hundreds of companies as part of its political vetting service – prejudicing the employment prospects of thousands of people. This book is the first complete account of the League’s sinister activities