The Sacco-Vanzetti Case and the First Red Scare
The Sacco-Vanzetti Case and the First Red Scare, 1918-1927
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General Overview:
World War I and the Suppression of Dissent
"The Big Red Scare" -- An overview of the era, by Frederick Lewis Allen, 1931
Senator Robert La Follette, speech in the Senate against U.S. entry into World War I
Life magazine portrays Sen. La Follette as a traitor
"Do You Believe in Patriotism?"
Gilbert King, "Anger and Anarchy on Wall Street"
"Anarchists in America: The Wall Street Bombing of 1920"
A. Mitchell Palmer, "The Case Against the Reds"
Richard Harding Davis, "An Insult to War"
Information on the Palmer Raids
The IWW, Post World War I Hysteria and the Red Scare
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, "Memories of the Industrial Workers of the World"
Emma Goldman, "Address to the Jury"
Statement by Emma Goldman at Deportation Hearing
"Berger Indicted for Conspiracy"
Dept. of Justice General Intelligence Division Report on UCP Propaganda Mailed to Detroit, MI
Overview of the Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
Another Account of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case
Statements by Sacco and Vanzetti
Patriots and Defenders of America OR Destroyers of Civil Liberties:
Mayor Ole Hanson Unassigned
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Nick Corradino
J. Edgar Hoover Samuka Jabateh
Sen. Kenneth McKellar Unassigned
Kenesaw Mountain Landis Terrell Spottsville
A. Mitchell Palmer Hassan Johnson
Webster Thayer Unassigned
Protectors of Civil Liberties OR Threats to the American Way of Life:
Sen. Victor Berger Camilla Stegall
Eugene Debs Thomas Schmid
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Katie Kilpatrick
Emma Goldman Ciara Turner
Sen. Robert LaFollette Unassigned
Bartolomeo Vanzetti Kevin Yang
