How SWP, Teamster leaders fought gov't frame-up in 1940s – The Militant
February 15, 2021 MilitantEighteen SWP and Teamster leaders on their way to federal prison, Dec. 31, 1943. They were framed up for leading labor opposition to U.S. rulers’ war drive. James P. Cannon, third from right, partly obscured. Defendants were first victims of thought-control Smith Act. by James P. Cannon is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. Cannon was the lead defendant among 18 leaders of the Socialist Workers Party and Minneapolis Teamsters union framed up in 1941. They were jailed for up to 16 months under the thought-control Sm...