Up Against It in a Class War Fight in America
A radical essay links labor struggles, law, and persecution, detailing how workers like Ruthenberg, Ferguson, and other activists face political trials, explosive fines, and jail terms. It condemns capitalists and union officials, urges defense committees, and calls for solidarity to free imprisoned comrades and confront the legal system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Leavenworth
Bill Haywood
Europe
Buncombe
Song
Tower Court
E. Rothenberg
Cleveland
Ruthenberg
Ohio
McKintey
Ferguson
Larkin
Gitlow
Winitsky
Harding
National Defense Committee
Ruthenberg and Ferguson
Edgar Owens
Bank St
New York City
May Day Meeting Tension at Milwaukee Socialist Rally
An observer recounts a Milwaukee Socialist Party May Day gathering in The Auditorium where leaflets critical of Soviet Russia were distributed. Security moved to restrict distribution, guiding comrades to the lobby and outside areas as police appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Workers of the World
Milwaukee
Socialist Party
Edmond Melma
Socialist Party of
Milwaukie
Robert Minor
Executive Board
Tg T
Making Scabs by Poore
A provocative critique condemns reactionary union officials as the true enemies of workers, arguing they betray labor to capital during crises. The piece claims police and armed forces will crush dissent, but a united working class can resist, naming Gompers and Lewis as examples of corrupt leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Fred E. Kennedy
American Federation of Labor
Kennedy-Morris Corporation
Europe
Workers of America
Nav
Pinkertons
Gomporses
Lewines
Leen
Schiesingers and Co
Eeelans
Union of
Dream of Revolt and Mexican Red Hunt at Pan American Talk
The piece blends a dream of workers uniting to rebuild a decayed mansion into a stark report on Pan American labor events. It notes Sam Gompers and others praising Obregon as a workers’ government, questions that praise, and reports deportations of reds by Obregon along with U.S. sympathies and countermeasures, suggesting a sharp international labor conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Sam Gompar
Obregon
Russia
Gompers
Mexico
Sammy
Palmer
Obregon. While Palmers
Linn Gale
Frank Seaman
Paley
Frank Haberman
New York Call
Industrial mow and labor themes headline tone
A compact note references industrial wage struggles in America linked to labor unions and factory rounds. It mentions Simons and Mary Marty and hints at pressures from wartime press dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Simons
Mary Marty
Soviet
Russia
Lenin
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Walter T. Johnson
N. Y. Times
Usider Capitalium
McBride
Henry Noel Bromsford
Arthur Rantome
Mayfair
Moscow
Glare Sheridan
Nicolai Lenin
Zinoviett
Kollontay
Soviet Russia
Humphries
Kamen
Engels
Ferri
Dietzgon
Morgan
Ward
Moore
Marx
Wm. Z. Foster
Stedman
Robart Minor
International Council of Trade and Unions
Losoveky
Wm. M. Brown
England
Marx and Engels
Marcy
Haywood
Falue
Phroe Lichknecht
Brumeiro
Londo
London
Kanteky
Boelache
Frances
Marxus Tolatoy
Levis
Lewis
Feuerbach
Unterman
Howe
Kahn
Positive
Mary Heaton
Interchurch
Cayo
Morris
Scott Nearing
Jack London
Michael
Elsinore
Tasman
Tories
Martin Eden
The
Adventure
Jerry of
Fore Adam
Face
W. W
Rator
Boratoes
Mathe
Sheree Sra
Clark Ave
Toiler
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