Call for Broad Publicity Drive by Communist Defense Group
The text cites 6 deaths and 2 insanities in county jails awaiting trial and 168 federal sentences totaling over 1250 car years, plus many state cases under Criminal Syndicalism laws. It argues nationwide unemployment and worker discontent, urging a large publicity campaign to aid imprisoned militants and to pressure for releases and action. Colonel Malone cites Jim Larkin’s case in Dannemora, New York.
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Communist Party
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Jim Larkin
Dannemora
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Larkin
Communist Labor Party
Blood Stains and Rhetoric on Capitalism and War
A speaker recalls a slave overseer murder three decades before the Civil War and argues capitalism relies on deception and a pro war press. He notes federal prisoners opposing a war program and calls for a powerful labor press to counter misrepresentation and sustain working-class resistance.
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