Commonsense Anticommunism : Labor and Civil Liberties between the World Wars /

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Between the Great War and Pearl Harbor, conservative labor leaders declared themselves America's "first line of defense" against Communism. In this surprising account, Jennifer Luff shows how the American Federation of Labor fanned popular anticommunism but defended Communists' c...

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Main Author: Luff, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
McCarthy, Joseph, > 1908-1957.
American Federation of Labor.
Politics and government.
Communism.
Anti-communist movements.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Communism & Socialism.
Anticommunisme > États-Unis.
Communisme > États-Unis.
Anti-communist movements > United States.
Communism > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1901-1953.
United States > Politics and government > 1901-1953.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Between the Great War and Pearl Harbor, conservative labor leaders declared themselves America's "first line of defense" against Communism. In this surprising account, Jennifer Luff shows how the American Federation of Labor fanned popular anticommunism but defended Communists' civil liberties in the aftermath of the 1919 Red Scare. The AFL's "commonsense anticommunism," she argues, steered a middle course between the American Legion and the ACLU, helping to check campaigns for federal sedition laws. But in the 1930s, frustration with the New Dealorder led labor conservatives to redbait the Ro.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9781469601717

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