Political repression in the United States

1773 American protest against British taxation

McCarthyism is a political practice defined by the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s, heavily associated with the Second Red Scare, also known as the McCarthy era. After the mid-1950s, U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy, who had spearheaded the campaign, gradually lost his public popularity and credibility after several of his accusations were found to be false. The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Just

era after American Civil War (1865–1877)

Italian American anarchist duo executed by Massachusetts

2001 United States anti-terrorism law

committee of the US House of Representatives best known for investigating those accused of adhering to communism during the Red Scare

any of several events where widespread fear of communism or leftism develops

Renée Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old American woman, was fatally shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross, on January 7, 2026. Good was in her car, stopped sideways in the street, which led Ross to circle her vehicle on foot. Other agents approached, and one ordered her to get out of the car while reaching through her open window. Good briefly reversed, then began moving forward and to the right, into the direction of traffic. At this point, Ross was standing at the front-left of the vehicle and fired three shots, killing her, as her vehicle passed him, turning away from him. The killing sparked national protests and multiple investigations.

1970 shootings in Kent, Ohio, US during student-led protest of Vietnam War

mass incarceration, in the US, of Japanese during WWII

thumb|right|COINTELPRO memo proposing a plan to expose the pregnancy of actress Jean Seberg, a financial supporter of the [[Black Panther Party, hoping to "possibly cause her embarrassment or tarnish her image with the general public". Covert campaigns to publicly discredit activists and destroy their interpersonal relationships were a common tactic used by COINTELPRO agents.]] COINTELPRO (a syllabic abbreviation derived from Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and illegal projects conducted between 1956 and 1971 by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed

mid-20th century banning of people from American entertainment for suspected Communism

human rights compliance and violation in the United States of America

On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot multiple times and killed by two United States Customs and Border Protection officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The incident occurred amid widespread protests against Operation Metro Surge, especially following the killing of Renée Good on January 7 by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

1942 U.S. presidential order for the internment of Japanese-Americans

protestors opposed to the Vietnam War

series of Acts of Congress

early 20th-century American historical event

United States federal law

railroad strike in 1877 over cut wages

US immigration operation

1898 white supremacist insurrection and coup d'état in North Carolina, United States

armed confrontation between Republicans and Democrats in Colfax, Louisiana

1950 statue authorizing US concentration camps

raids and arrests in United States

United States federal statute

internment of German nationals and ethnic Germans in the United States during both World Wars

Massacre

Area set aside in public places for the purpose of political protesting

law of the United States regulating immigration (1903)

phrase

American white supremacist political party

deaths of 11 people at the hands of police in Philadelphia, USA

US law addressing ex-Confederate states' readmission to the Union (1867–68)

2025 arrest in New York City

US government action against the radical environmental movement

act of United States Congress

American immigration law