‘The Artists Fight Hearst’ by Alfred H. Sinks from New Masses. Vol. 17 No. 2. October 8, 1935.

‘The Artists Fight Hearst’ by Alfred H. Sinks from New Masses. Vol. 17 No. 2. October 8, 1935.

Before Rupert Murdoch and Fox, there was William Randolph Hearst and his media empire devoted to cultural vulgarity and political reaction. A special target of Hearst were the government programs won by unemployed artists during the Great Depression. In many U.S. communities, the art created in that period is the ONLY public art ever created. […]