When Liberals Weren't the Best Defenders of Free Speech
Adam Hochschild’s latest book, American Midnight, examines a dark era in US history in which it was the liberals who were the ones crusading against civil liberties.
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Adam Hochschild’s latest book, American Midnight, examines a dark era in US history in which it was the liberals who were the ones crusading against civil liberties.
Author Adam Hochschild says Wilson used the first World War as an excuse to spy on Americans, censor the press and plan for the mass deportation of immigrants. His new book is American Midnight.
Author Adam Hochschild says Wilson used the first World War as an excuse to spy on Americans, censor the press and plan for the mass deportation of immigrants. His new book is American Midnight.
Chapter 4 of "Wobblies on the waterfront-interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia" by Peter Cole, an excellent text about the American IWW in the early 20th century, and interestingly about some Wobblies' support of World War I.