Free Speech and the Suppression of Dissent During World War I w. Eric Chester 496vl

Eric Chester, author of the new book from Monthly Review Press, Free Speech and the Suppression of Dissent During World War I, s Comrade Adam in the library this week for a very special episode!  We work through Eric's new book and talk about the differing contexts of suppression of free speech in the UK and the U.S., Eugene Debs, the IWW, Samuel Gompers and the ALF-CIO legacy, and some of the legendary IWW strikes and labor drives during the period. Further Readings/References Eric T. Chester Free Speech and the Suppression of Dissent During World War I Eugene V. Debs Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Fred Hampton James Baldwin Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Defense of the Realm Act Boer Wars  Patriot Act Debs's Canton Speech Samuel Gompers Aaron J. Leonard ------------------------------------------------ Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at Red Library@red_library_pod Click here to listen to the Lost Horizons Network podcast Click here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes  Click here to Red Library on Patreon Click here to find Red Library on Facebook Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front v185u