Editing Paul Strand (section)

===Communism===
In December 1947, the Photo League appeared on the [[Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations]] (AGLOSO).<ref name=Stockeregg/>

In 1948, [[CBS]] commissioned Strand to contribute a photo for an advertisement captured "It is Now Tomorrow": Strand's photo showed television antennas atop New York City.<ref name=Spigel>{{cite book| first = Lynn 
| last = Spigel| title = TV by Design: Modern Art and the Rise of Network Television| publisher = University of Chicago Press| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q_dekIDkPtMC| pages = 68–69| date = 2008| isbn = 9780226769684| access-date = 23 June 2020}}</ref>

On January 17, 1949, Strand signed in support of Communist Party leaders ([[Benjamin J. Davis Jr.]], [[Eugene Dennis]], [[William Z. Foster]], [[John Gates]], [[Gil Green (politician)]], [[Gus Hall]], [[Irving Potash]], [[Jack Stachel]], [[Robert G. Thompson]], [[John Williamson (communist)|John Williamson]], [[Henry Winston]], Carl Winter) in the [[Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders|Smith Act trials]], along with [[Lester Cole]], [[Martha Dodd]], [[W. E. B. Du Bois]], [[Henry Pratt Fairchild]], [[Howard Fast]], [[Shirley Graham Du Bois|Shirley Graham]], [[Robert Gwathmey]], [[E.Y. Harburg]], Joseph H. Levy, [[Albert Maltz]], [[Philip Morrison]], Clarence Parker, [[Muriel Rukeyser]], Alfred K. Stern (husband of Martha Dodd), [[Max Weber (artist)|Max Weber]], and Henry Wilcox.<ref>{{cite book| chapter = Defense of arrested and indicted Communist leaders, 1948-49| title = House of Representatives Report No. 1700| publisher = US GPO| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wWBbChEhg50C| pages = 46
| date = 1950| access-date = 23 June 2020}}</ref>