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Un-American activities was a phrase used by the House Un-American Activities Committee, during the McCarthyite trials. The phrase was applied by some committee members to both those who were believed--often falsely--to be engaged in political activities funded or otherwise supported by the Communist Party.

The phrase came from the title of the House Un-American Activities Committee, formed in 1947 to investigate the supposed inclusion of Communist propaganda by Hollywood.

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	~~Phrase~~ ~~used~~ ~~during~~ ~~the~~ ~~[[McCarthy\|McCarthyite]]~~ ~~trials~~ of the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] applied to both those who were believed--often falsely--to be engaged in political activities funded or otherwise supported by the Communist Party~~, and those who were believed to hold radical leftist political beliefs by those with radical rightist polical beliefs~~.		''Un-American activities'' was a phrase used by the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]], during the McCarthyite trials. The phrase was applied by some committee members to both those who were believed--often falsely--to be engaged in political activities funded or otherwise supported by the Communist Party.