What role did the United States government and major corporations have in controlling dissent and protest starting in the late 1940s?
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I was born in the 1950s, so I will answer this question based on my knowledge of the 1950s. The "post war consensus" lasted through the 1950s (heightened by "Sputnik"), and into the 1960s (when the U.S. finally surpassed the Soviet Union in the space race).
One instrument used to accomplish this end was "McCarthyism." That is, labelling "dissidents" as socialists or "Communists."
One example of this was the Senatorial campaign of Richard M. Nixon against Helen Gahagan Douglas. Although wealthy, Douglas was suspected as a "leftist" because she was in "show business." Nixon called Douglas the "Pink Lady," and Douglas in turn called Nixon, "Tricky Dick." (Both nicknames stuck.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Gahagan_Douglas
Nixon's campaign was funded by corporations such as Unocal, then led by Reese Taylor. His successful Senatorial campaign led to his nomination and election as Vice-President in 1952.
Ironically, the American public elected Nixon President in 1968 for his "ability." (He opened the door to China.) Then they turned on him by impeaching him for the Watergate scandal, which at heart, was an attempt to "suppress" Democratic "dissidents."
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