Today in Labor History March 23, 1918: 101 IWW members went on trial in Chicago for opposing World War I and for violating the Espionage Act. In September, 1917, 165 IWW leaders were arrested for conspiring to subvert the draft and encourage desertion. They were arrested in 3 groups, from Chicago, Sacramento, and Wichita. Their trial lasted five months, the longest criminal trial in American history up to that time. The jury found them all guilty. The judge sentenced Big Bill Haywood and 14 others to 20 years in prison. 33 others were given 10 years each. They were also fined a total of $2,500,000. The trial devastated the IWW. Haywood jumped bail and fled to the USSR, where he remained until his death 10 years later. 4 of those who were convicted died in prison from the Influenza Pandemic.
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Red Scare / No L.A.D.s / J²K²
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The State Is Escalating Charges Against Protesters. Labor Must Defend Them.
John Caravello is facing decades in prison for an anti-ICE protest. He needs labor to build a national defense campaign.Review: Changing Channels, City Lit Theatre, Chicago
https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/chicago/ch868.html
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A quotation from James Thurber
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times Magazine
More about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82297/
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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
Context: The First Red Scare was a massive domestic crackdown brought about by anarchist activity and the wave of mail bombings that targeted government officials in 1919. Even though the era is often associated with the Russian Revolution, the U.S. government’s most aggressive tactics were specifically aimed at the anarchist movement. They saw it as the primary threat to the country, leading to the Palmer Raids and the mass deportation of non-citizen radicals. The whole period was defined by an obsession with dismantling anarchist groups, making them the central target of the federal government’s legal and police actions during that time.
Thx for pointing this out.
I feel strongly that anyone with any interest in #EU countries should read that article:
The same thing seems to be happening in almost(?) all Western #Democracies.
A century ago, it was the #RedScare that befell the world 🌍 with the #CommunistInternational. It was soon followed by the fascist "#BrownScare," aka "#NationalSocialism, " aka #Fascism.
A #FascistInternational is in the making.
The Original Luigi
Today in Labor History February 22, 1918: At the height of the first Red Scare, U.S. authorities raided the office of “Cronaca Sovversiva.” Sacco and Vanzetti had written for this anarchist paper and donated money to it. It was their first documented link to the anarchist movement. Luigi Galleani published the paper from 1903 to 1920. He came to the U.S. in 1901 after escaping from an Italian prison. He participated in the Paterson silk strike where he was wounded and charged with rioting.
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