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035			_a(DE-B1597)9781479891627
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040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aKF4770 _b.H38 2016
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082	0	4	_a342.730853 _223
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aHaverty-Stacke, Donna T. _eautore
245	1	0	_aTrotskyists on Trial : _bFree Speech and Political Persecution Since the Age of FDR / _cDonna T. Haverty-Stacke.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bNew York University Press, _c[2016]
264		4	_c©2016
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aCulture, Labor, History ; _v1
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_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.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2024)
650		0	_aCivil rights _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aFreedom of speech _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aTrials (Political crimes and offenses) _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		7	_aLAW / Legal History. _2bisacsh
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856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479851942.001.0001
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479891627
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