The Red Scare Revival: A Tale of Misplaced Fears and Forgotten Facts As President Trump warns of a "mortal threat" to American liberty, surpassing even World War I, II, Pearl Harbor, or 9/11, the echoes of past politics become clear.
We've been here before, in the midst of Red Scare politics, where communism looms large and rhetoric gets hot. But scratch beneath the surface, and what emerges is not a sinister plot but a relic of a bygone era.
The unlikely headquarters of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) sits at 235 W. 23rd St. in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood.