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Long Read: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Communists? Red Scares, Then and Now
John Medhurst examines the infamous 'Zinoviev Letter' incident, and draws parallels between the 'red scares' of the 1920s and the current media campaign to discredit Jeremy Corbyn and Momentum.