The Price of Dissent: Testimonies to Political Repression in America PDF
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“The heroes of this book are the real Americans. This is a must-read for all of us.”” —Edward Asner, actor/activist ~ Jestimonies to Political Repression in America THE PRICE OF DISSENT Bud Schultz and Ruth Schultz The Price of Dissent © The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous contribution to this book provided by the General Endowment Fund of the Associates of the University of California Press. The Price of Dissent Testimonies to Political Repression in America Bud Schultz Ruth Schultz UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley + Los Angeles +: London University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2001 by the Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schultz, Bud. The price of dissent : testimonies to political repression in America / Bud Schultz, Ruth Schultz. (By, Saal, Includes bibliographical references (p. _)a nd index. ISBN 0-520-22401-9 (cloth : alk. paper)— ISBN 0-520-22402-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Political persecution—United States— History—zoth century. I. Schultz, Ruth. If. Title. JC599.U5 S393 2001 323'.044'0973—dc21 00-05 1166 Manufactured in Canada TOWNS O83 G7 meO O MOS mOA NOR OO MON TOR 9) 180 07.90/61 See 3 eee o ae The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper). © To Paul, Steve, Dan, Susan, and David ® Chit 94, as i. re i> s Ong A te my Z * ” mctaeends 1 7 a ™ “ 7 5& “i i i alan « te *i..0 Ce = eg P SAS,D ent 4 , 7 = : 7 z% ‘oe gut ee & Do var te « ode - ‘ ~ vy *~. 6s % Pi de ped wishes oe > gem, 7 : f oa ; - a oe 2 Wa 7 - Wie) hers Ohl > Amt eee , ; ie - +s ? v , ei) pole att~ - a i tee : 2 a aes Fu } Seowmt 6 : V ahs Age ir) es ae | 7 th Pusey » 5 ¢ » 7 - =o «Ae hits sa he = "toe . Contents Acknowledgments Xl Introduction: Targets of Political Repression in Twentieth-Century America PART ONE: SUBVERTING THE ORGANIZATION OF LABOR Prologue: Attacks on Labor Before the Triumph of Industrial Unions The Unrelenting Campaign Against the Industrial Workers of the World 16 FRED THOMPSON African American Sharecroppers: Repression as a Way of Life 25 GEORGE STITH Ideological Assaults: Labor at Mid-Century Prewar Red Scare: Holding Militant Teamsters at Bay 34 HARRY DEBOER AND JAKE COOPER Postwar Tests of Loyalty: Attempts to Silence an Auto Workers’ Spokesman 45 STANLEY NOWAK Imposing Cold War Orthodoxy: A Teachers Union Under Attack 56 MILDRED GROSSMAN The Purge of the Left: Expelling International Unions from the CIO 63 ERNEST DEMAIO A Pittsburgh Story: Two Rank-and-File Labor Leaders and a Labor Priest 72 MARGARET (PEG) STASIK MONSIGNOR CHARLES OWEN RICE JOSEPH (SONNY) ROBINSON Epilogue: Cracking Down on New Voices of Union Militancy The Local P-9 Meatpackers Strike, Austin, Minnesota 92 LOCAL P-9 STRIKERS AND SUPPORTERS: CECIL CAIN, PETE WINKELS, JIM GUYETTE, DENNY MEALY, RAY ROGERS, CAROL KOUGH, AND EMILY BASS PART TWO: SUPPRESSING THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE 119 Prologue: Cold War Constraints on African Americans’ Demands for Freedom Eradicating a Powerful, Defiant Voice from the American Consciousness 130 PAUL ROBESON JR. The Black Freedom Movement Under Siege Facing Up to Southern Terror WALTER BERGMAN JOHN LEWIS REVEREND FRED SHUTTLESWORTH In the Midst of the Storm 184 ANNE BRADEN
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