C'mon. We were left-leaning once; we can be left-leaning again! Reject capitalism, reject Stalinism, embrace socialism!

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1951811/c-mon-we-were-left-leaning-once-we-can-be-left-leaning-again-reject-capitalism-reject-s

Today In Labor History April 3, 1917: After the U.S. declared war, sailors, escorted by police, destroyed the IWW building in Kansas City. The action inspired similar attacks in Detroit, Duluth and other towns that had a large IWW presence.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #union #PoliceBrutality #antiwar #police #wwi #kansascity #redscare #palmer

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.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #communism #anarchism #ussr #soviet #BigBillHaywood #antiwar #FreeSpeech #prison #deportation #RedScare #union #influena #pandemic

Red Scare / No L.A.D.s / J²K²

https://grpunkflyers.notopia.dev/flyers/1382/

The State Is Escalating Charges Against Protesters. Labor Must Defend Them.

https://murica.website/2026/03/the-state-is-escalating-charges-against-protesters-labor-must-defend-them/

Review: Changing Channels, City Lit Theatre, Chicago
https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/chicago/ch868.html

#theater #Theatre #Review #Writing #mccarthyism #redscare #Chicago