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Norma Barzman, Screenwriter Who Was Blacklisted During McCarthy Era, Dies at 103
I came across this fascinating obituary because Norma’s son, John Barzman, is known to me – although we never properly met in person. John is a longtime activist in and around the Fourth International – he participates within the European Network in Solidarity with Ukraine (ENSU). Link : European Network for Solidarity With Ukraine
Until today, I knew nothing about John’s family background – many condolences to John, and all friends and family of Norma Barzman.
More about John Barzman here : He is professor emeritus at the University of Le Havre in Normandy where he teaches contemporary history and American civilization. He is a member of Ensemble! and the Fourth International. Link : John Barzman
A correspondent, Walter Lippmann, writes : “I met her a year or two ago at her home. What a wonderful person she was and I’m so sorry it was not possible for me to take a picture of her that day. She was still working at the age of 101 or so. Totally articulate and very radical. Her interview in the collection Tender Comrades is excellent, as is her blacklist memoir.”
John Meehan December 31 2023
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Dec 31, 2023 at 11:22 am
Posted in Anti War Movements, Arts and Culture, Ensemble! (Revolutionary Left), European Network Solidarity with Ukraine and against war Basic consensus, Fourth International, France, Hollywood Blacklist, McCarthyism, International Political Analysis, Ireland, John Barzman, Marilyn Monroe, Norma Barzman, Revolutionary History, Russia, Trotskyism, Ukraine, Ukraine Russia War 2022, USA
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