Red Sonoma: Communism and Radical Politics in Sonoma County
June 5 – October 13, 2010
When we think of Socialism and Communism, most of us think of the Soviet Union, the Cold War and perhaps Cuba. But Communism is an idea with a lengthy history, extending back centuries before the word Communism existed. Even here in Northern California, in Sonoma County, the history of socialist communities and experimentation extends back before the Twentieth Century. The exhibition Red Sonoma explores the history of communism and radical politics in Sonoma County, from the nineteenth century utopian community, Icaria Speranza, to the McCarthy era and loyalty oaths of the 1950s and ‘60s.
