red scare

This Day in Labor History: January 16, 1920

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 16, 2023

On January 16, 1920, those arrested in the vile anti-communist Palmer Raids were allowed to see legal representation at their deportation hearings. This is a moment to discuss the Red Scare and just how out of control the government violations of leftists' civil liberties was...

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LGM Film Club, Part 72: Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-I.W.W. Rat

By Erik Loomis

On September 15, 2020

Henry Ford used World War I to have a series of right-wing anti-labor animations made. They are pretty gross. This film was trending a bit on Twitter the other day..

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 324

By Erik Loomis

On September 7, 2018

This is the grave of Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Born in 1866 in Millvale, Ohio to a doctor, Landis was named after the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, where his father had.

Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-IWW Rat

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 31, 2015

In 1918 and 1919, the Ford Motor Company produced a bunch of cartoons to support World War I and the Red Scare. This piece of radical eliminationism is from 1919. Here's a link with sound, which is better because the rat is singing The Internationale....

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The Answer is Yes

By Erik Loomis

On November 11, 2013

Today in simple answers to simple questions.

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Friday Evening Anti-Communist Propaganda

By Erik Loomis

On November 8, 2013

Good set of anti-communist posters from around the western world to amuse you on Friday night.

This Day in Labor History: September 9, 1919

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 9, 2013

On September 9, 1919, the police force in Boston went on strike, the most aggressive action to date by American public sector workers. The harsh response from the government of Massachusetts both set back public sector unionism and changed American political history. The police had...

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Anarchism: Illegal in Oklahoma

By Erik Loomis

On March 11, 2013

Discovered by @megmantis, this Oklahoma law, enacted in 1919 and amended as late as 1999: Any person in this state, who shall carry or cause to be carried, or publicly.

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This Day in Labor History: August 23, 1927

By Erik Loomis

On August 23, 2012

On August 23, 1927, the state of Massachusetts executed two Italian immigrant anarchists by the names of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for the murder of two men in a.