LEADER 04354nam 22006375 450 001 9910480881003321 005 20210724004610.0 010 $a1-4798-9162-2 024 7 $a10.18574/9781479891627 035 $a(CKB)3710000000513933 035 $a(EBL)4092865 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001571432 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16218494 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001571432 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14823723 035 $a(PQKB)10147232 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001533278 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4092865 035 $a(OCoLC)929452305 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47589 035 $a(DE-B1597)547675 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781479891627 035 $a(OCoLC)967271660 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000513933 100 $a20200723h20162016 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTrotskyists on Trial $eFree Speech and Political Persecution Since the Age of FDR /$fDonna T. Haverty-Stacke 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 0 $aCulture, Labor, History ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-4798-5194-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tIntroduction --$t1. Militancy and Fear: May 1934?June 1940 --$t2. Dissent Becomes a Federal Case: September 1940?June 1941 --$t3. ?Socialism on Trial?: July 1?November 18, 1941 --$t4. ?If That Is Treason, You Can Make the Most of It?: November 18?December 8, 1941 --$t5. Battling the ?Gag? Act in Wartime: December 1941?December 1943 --$t6. ?A Test of Fire?: December 1943?November 1948 --$t7. The Ongoing Struggle for Civil Liberties: June 1951?August 1986 --$tCoda and Conclusion --$tNOTES --$tINDEX --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aPassed in June 1940, the Smith Act was a peacetime anti-sedition law that marked a dramatic shift in the legal definition of free speech protection in America by criminalizing the advocacy of disloyalty to the government by force. It also criminalized the acts of printing, publishing, or distributing anything advocating such sedition and made it illegal to organize or belong to any association that did the same. It was first brought to trial in July 1941, when a federal grand jury in Minneapolis indicted twenty-nine Socialist Workers Party members, fifteen of whom also belonged to the militant Teamsters Local 544. Eighteen of the defendants were convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government. Examining the social, political, and legal history of the first Smith Act case, this book focuses on the tension between the nation?s cherished principle of free political expression and the demands of national security on the eve of America?s entry into World War II. Based on newly declassified government documents and recently opened archival sources, Trotskyists on Trial explores the implications of the case for organized labor and civil liberties in wartime and postwar America. The central issue of how Americans have tolerated or suppressed dissent during moments of national crisis is not only important to our understanding of the past, but also remains a pressing concern in the post-9/11 world. This volume traces some of the implications of the compromise between rights and security that was made in the mid-twentieth century, offering historical context for some of the consequences of similar bargains struck today. 410 0$aCulture, labor, history. 606 $aCivil rights$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTrials (Political crimes and offenses)$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aFreedom of speech$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aTrials (Political crimes and offenses)$xHistory 615 0$aFreedom of speech$xHistory 676 $a342.730853 700 $aHaverty-Stacke$b Donna T.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0963623 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480881003321 996 $aTrotskyists on Trial$92443269 997 $aUNINA