Commonsense Anticommunism Labor and Civil Liberties Between the World Wars |
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| Author:
| Luff, Jennifer |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-2212-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $69.99AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Between the Great War and Pearl Harbor, conservative labour 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 that helped to check campaigns for federal sedition laws.
Between the Great War and Pearl Harbor, conservative labour 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 that helped to check campaigns for federal sedition laws.