There are thousands of famous and hardly-known Americans who've had their passports revoked [or permission to re-enter their own country]. While others have committed 'real' crimes, in my opinion all I'll list were only 'guilty' of being politically progressive, nothing more. The list will grow as I research and add to it. Feel free to add your names and any links on the details. Noteably, I'm not aware of anyone having their passport revoked for being a fascist or Nazi or other such rightwing beliefs....
Phillip Agee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haig_v._Agee
Paul Robeson http://home.sunrise.ch/comtex/rob3.htm
Charles Chaplin http://www.scij.org.uk/charles.htm
Full Version: Americans Who've Had Their Passports Revoked
A much larger list would be those who were subjected to harrassment, job loss, and often passport revokation during the McCarthy witchhunt period. Some famous persons in that group would include:
Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor[47]
Charlie Chaplin, actor[47]
Aaron Copland, composer[47]
Bartley Crum, attorney[48]
Jules Dassin, director[47]
W.E.B. DuBois, civil rights activist and author[49]
Howard Fast, author[50]
Lee Grant, actress[47]
Dashiell Hammett, author[47]
Lillian Hellman, playwright[47]
John Hubley, animator[47]
Langston Hughes, author[51]
Sam Jaffe, actor[47]
Gypsy Rose Lee, actress[52]
Philip Loeb, actor[53]
Joseph Losey, director[47]
Burgess Meredith, actor[52]
Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist[52]
Zero Mostel, actor[47]
Clifford Odets, author[47]
J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist, "father of the atomic bomb"[54]
Linus Pauling, chemist[55]
Paul Robeson, actor, athlete, singer, author, political and civil rights activist[56]
Edward G. Robinson, actor[52]
Waldo Salt, author[47]
Pete Seeger, folk singer[51]
Artie Shaw, jazz musician[51]
Howard Da Silva, actor[47]
Paul Sweezy, economist and founder-editor of Monthly Review[57]
Tsien Hsue-shen, physicist[58]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism#V..._of_McCarthyism
plus these Hollywood people: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/mccarthy/blacklist.html
...plus many, many others [including friends of my parents]
many links here: http://www.narhist.ewu.edu/ar/jm/jm_urls.html
Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor[47]
Charlie Chaplin, actor[47]
Aaron Copland, composer[47]
Bartley Crum, attorney[48]
Jules Dassin, director[47]
W.E.B. DuBois, civil rights activist and author[49]
Howard Fast, author[50]
Lee Grant, actress[47]
Dashiell Hammett, author[47]
Lillian Hellman, playwright[47]
John Hubley, animator[47]
Langston Hughes, author[51]
Sam Jaffe, actor[47]
Gypsy Rose Lee, actress[52]
Philip Loeb, actor[53]
Joseph Losey, director[47]
Burgess Meredith, actor[52]
Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist[52]
Zero Mostel, actor[47]
Clifford Odets, author[47]
J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist, "father of the atomic bomb"[54]
Linus Pauling, chemist[55]
Paul Robeson, actor, athlete, singer, author, political and civil rights activist[56]
Edward G. Robinson, actor[52]
Waldo Salt, author[47]
Pete Seeger, folk singer[51]
Artie Shaw, jazz musician[51]
Howard Da Silva, actor[47]
Paul Sweezy, economist and founder-editor of Monthly Review[57]
Tsien Hsue-shen, physicist[58]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism#V..._of_McCarthyism
plus these Hollywood people: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/mccarthy/blacklist.html
...plus many, many others [including friends of my parents]
many links here: http://www.narhist.ewu.edu/ar/jm/jm_urls.html
[quote name='Peter Lemkin' date='Jan 10 2008, 09:49 AM' post='133385']
Noteably, I'm not aware of anyone having their passport revoked for being a fascist or Nazi or other such rightwing beliefs....
No, Peter, they were usually given nice jobs and career advancement.
Noteably, I'm not aware of anyone having their passport revoked for being a fascist or Nazi or other such rightwing beliefs....
No, Peter, they were usually given nice jobs and career advancement.
QUOTE(Maggie Hansen @ Jan 10 2008, 04:02 PM) 
QUOTE(Peter Lemkin @ Jan 10 2008, 09:49 AM)
Noteably, I'm not aware of anyone having their passport revoked for being a fascist or Nazi or other such rightwing beliefs....
No, Peter, they were usually given nice jobs and career advancement.
....right up to the top offices of the land, indeed....interesting 'bias'...one is free in America to express and act upon one's political beliefs, as long as they are center to far-right in the spectrum. Progressives have always had a more difficult time - from the Native Americans and immigrants, 1492 to the Present.
Was Dean Reed one who had his passport revoked?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Reed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Reed
QUOTE(Peter Lemkin @ Jan 10 2008, 08:55 AM)
A much larger list would be those who were subjected to harrassment, job loss, and often passport revokation during the McCarthy witchhunt period. Some famous persons in that group would include:
Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor[47]
Charlie Chaplin, actor[47]
Aaron Copland, composer[47]
Bartley Crum, attorney[48]
Jules Dassin, director[47]
W.E.B. DuBois, civil rights activist and author[49]
Howard Fast, author[50]
Lee Grant, actress[47]
Dashiell Hammett, author[47]
Lillian Hellman, playwright[47]
John Hubley, animator[47]
Langston Hughes, author[51]
Sam Jaffe, actor[47]
Gypsy Rose Lee, actress[52]
Philip Loeb, actor[53]
Joseph Losey, director[47]
Burgess Meredith, actor[52]
Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist[52]
Zero Mostel, actor[47]
Clifford Odets, author[47]
J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist, "father of the atomic bomb"[54]
Linus Pauling, chemist[55]
Paul Robeson, actor, athlete, singer, author, political and civil rights activist[56]
Edward G. Robinson, actor[52]
Waldo Salt, author[47]
Pete Seeger, folk singer[51]
Artie Shaw, jazz musician[51]
Howard Da Silva, actor[47]
Paul Sweezy, economist and founder-editor of Monthly Review[57]
Tsien Hsue-shen, physicist[58]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism#V..._of_McCarthyism
plus these Hollywood people: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/mccarthy/blacklist.html
...plus many, many others [including friends of my parents]
many links here: http://www.narhist.ewu.edu/ar/jm/jm_urls.html
Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor[47]
Charlie Chaplin, actor[47]
Aaron Copland, composer[47]
Bartley Crum, attorney[48]
Jules Dassin, director[47]
W.E.B. DuBois, civil rights activist and author[49]
Howard Fast, author[50]
Lee Grant, actress[47]
Dashiell Hammett, author[47]
Lillian Hellman, playwright[47]
John Hubley, animator[47]
Langston Hughes, author[51]
Sam Jaffe, actor[47]
Gypsy Rose Lee, actress[52]
Philip Loeb, actor[53]
Joseph Losey, director[47]
Burgess Meredith, actor[52]
Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist[52]
Zero Mostel, actor[47]
Clifford Odets, author[47]
J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist, "father of the atomic bomb"[54]
Linus Pauling, chemist[55]
Paul Robeson, actor, athlete, singer, author, political and civil rights activist[56]
Edward G. Robinson, actor[52]
Waldo Salt, author[47]
Pete Seeger, folk singer[51]
Artie Shaw, jazz musician[51]
Howard Da Silva, actor[47]
Paul Sweezy, economist and founder-editor of Monthly Review[57]
Tsien Hsue-shen, physicist[58]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism#V..._of_McCarthyism
plus these Hollywood people: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/mccarthy/blacklist.html
...plus many, many others [including friends of my parents]
many links here: http://www.narhist.ewu.edu/ar/jm/jm_urls.html
I was aware of most of these names (see my page on McCarthyism) but it is the first I have heard that Gypsy Rose Lee was on the list.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAred.htm
After doing a search on the net it seems that her crime was to support of the Popular front government in the Spanish Civil War by raising money for charity to alleviate the suffering of children during the conflict. In other words, she was an anti-fascist. If the US, UK and French governments had supported the Popular Front in Spain it would have prevented the Second World War.
QUOTE(John Simkin @ Jan 23 2008, 07:45 AM)
QUOTE(Peter Lemkin @ Jan 10 2008, 08:55 AM)
A much larger list would be those who were subjected to harrassment, job loss, and often passport revokation during the McCarthy witchhunt period. Some famous persons in that group would include:
Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor[47]
Charlie Chaplin, actor[47]
Aaron Copland, composer[47]
Bartley Crum, attorney[48]
Jules Dassin, director[47]
W.E.B. DuBois, civil rights activist and author[49]
Howard Fast, author[50]
Lee Grant, actress[47]
Dashiell Hammett, author[47]
Lillian Hellman, playwright[47]
John Hubley, animator[47]
Langston Hughes, author[51]
Sam Jaffe, actor[47]
Gypsy Rose Lee, actress[52]
Philip Loeb, actor[53]
Joseph Losey, director[47]
Burgess Meredith, actor[52]
Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist[52]
Zero Mostel, actor[47]
Clifford Odets, author[47]
J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist, "father of the atomic bomb"[54]
Linus Pauling, chemist[55]
Paul Robeson, actor, athlete, singer, author, political and civil rights activist[56]
Edward G. Robinson, actor[52]
Waldo Salt, author[47]
Pete Seeger, folk singer[51]
Artie Shaw, jazz musician[51]
Howard Da Silva, actor[47]
Paul Sweezy, economist and founder-editor of Monthly Review[57]
Tsien Hsue-shen, physicist[58]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism#V..._of_McCarthyism
plus these Hollywood people: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/mccarthy/blacklist.html
...plus many, many others [including friends of my parents]
many links here: http://www.narhist.ewu.edu/ar/jm/jm_urls.html
Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor[47]
Charlie Chaplin, actor[47]
Aaron Copland, composer[47]
Bartley Crum, attorney[48]
Jules Dassin, director[47]
W.E.B. DuBois, civil rights activist and author[49]
Howard Fast, author[50]
Lee Grant, actress[47]
Dashiell Hammett, author[47]
Lillian Hellman, playwright[47]
John Hubley, animator[47]
Langston Hughes, author[51]
Sam Jaffe, actor[47]
Gypsy Rose Lee, actress[52]
Philip Loeb, actor[53]
Joseph Losey, director[47]
Burgess Meredith, actor[52]
Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist[52]
Zero Mostel, actor[47]
Clifford Odets, author[47]
J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist, "father of the atomic bomb"[54]
Linus Pauling, chemist[55]
Paul Robeson, actor, athlete, singer, author, political and civil rights activist[56]
Edward G. Robinson, actor[52]
Waldo Salt, author[47]
Pete Seeger, folk singer[51]
Artie Shaw, jazz musician[51]
Howard Da Silva, actor[47]
Paul Sweezy, economist and founder-editor of Monthly Review[57]
Tsien Hsue-shen, physicist[58]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism#V..._of_McCarthyism
plus these Hollywood people: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/mccarthy/blacklist.html
...plus many, many others [including friends of my parents]
many links here: http://www.narhist.ewu.edu/ar/jm/jm_urls.html
I was aware of most of these names (see my page on McCarthyism) but it is the first I have heard that Gypsy Rose Lee was on the list.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAred.htm
After doing a search on the net it seems that her crime was to support of the Popular front government in the Spanish Civil War. In other words, she was an anti-fascist.
Anti-fascists have always been suspect in the USA. Those that joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade or were early-on suspect of Hitler and now those who find the current trend toward Corporate fascism [is there any other type?!]. The leaders of the USA have always been to the right and moving more so, IMO. That list could be expanded greatly. My parent's FBI files showed surveillance of them for association and friends who were 'black-listed' or known to be socialist, communist or anti-facist 'subversives' [as the FBI docs state]. Of course criminals on the right are never labled as 'subversive'.......My uncle, Raphael Lemkin [coined the word genocide and wrote the Genocide Convention at the UN; legal expert at Nuremburg] was also labeled as 'subversive' - naturally. ****-you Amerikan Oligarchy and all Oligarchies wherever and whenever. Time for bottom-up [democratic] rule and the end to top-down! Or an end to humanity.
QUOTE(Peter Lemkin @ Jan 23 2008, 08:55 AM)
Of course criminals on the right are never labled as 'subversive'.......
I wonder why?
I was always amused by Licio Gelli's observation that the "doors of al bank vaults open to the right," an observation from a committed fascist that is undoubtedly true.
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