Freedom Is As Freedom Does: Civil Liberties in America

by Corliss Lamont

In today's resurgence of radical right-wing politics, we must never forget how things were in the past, during the turbulent McCarthy era. In this 326-page book, Corliss Lamont reveals the gripping saga of the Congressional Inquisition and details its trampling on American Freedoms, including the facts of his own battles with Senator Joseph McCarthy, the U.S. State Department, the CIA, the FBI, and the U.S. Postal Service. Successful in each encounter, Lamont's landmark decisions continue to buttress the rights of us all to this day.

325 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1956

About the author

American philosopher and Soviet Union apologist.

In 1930s he wrote a book praising the Soviet Union.

In 1936 he started the magazine Marxist Quarterly. In 1937 he endorsed Josef Stalin and the trial outcome of the Moscow trials against Leon Trotsky.

Lamont was a key founder of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. He served as its first chairman from 1943 to 1947.

Lamont ran for the U.S. Senate from New York, in 1952 on the American Labor ticket and come in fourth.

In 1959, Lamont became an enthusiastic supporter of Fidel Castro and his revolutionary government in Cuba.