Taming Free Speech w/ Laura Weinrib
The Dig
What Was the Political Climate After World War One?
The US entry into World War one really stopped these progressive era efforts to protect labor rights amid this climate of overwhelming national emergency. In response, some of these progressive social workers involved in those labor reform efforts founded an organization called the American Union against militarism. The bureau for conscientious objectors later became the National Civil Liberties Bureau. And finally, ultimately, the ACLU. What was the political climate like after the war broke out and why did it lead to such draconian repression of the labor left? Then why amid all that, did this more left wing subset of progressive era labor reformers found an organization to defend anti war dissent and conscientious objection to serving in the war? How did that one thing connect
