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Thousands of Wobblies and anti-war activists were prosecuted on authority of this and the Sedition Act of 1918, which tightened restrictions even more. Among the most famous was Eugene Debs, chairman of the Socialist Party of the USA for giving an anti-draft speech in Ohio. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld these prosecutions in a series of decisions.
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In January 1915 a group of New York City pacifists known as the "Henry Street Peace Committee" organized an organization known first as the "Anti-Militarism Committee" in an effort to keep the United States from entering World War I in support of the Entente powers against Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire. [3]
The Hotel Beau Séjour, site of the Zimmerwald conference, in 1904. The Zimmerwald Conference, held in Zimmerwald, Switzerland, from September 5 to 8, 1915, was the first of three international conferences convened by anti-militarist socialists in response to the outbreak of World War I and the resulting virtual collapse of the Second International.
The Anti Yellow Dog League was a youth organization composed of school boys over the age of ten, who sought out disloyal persons. Such leagues and societies branched across the nation. [ 18 ] Other groups included the Knights of Liberty , Sedition Slammers , Terrible Threateners , Boy Spies of America , National Security League , and American ...
The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub. L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.
British Empire Union poster from the immediate post-war period, titled "Once a German—always a German!" The British Empire Union (BEU) was created in the United Kingdom during the First World War, in 1916, after changing its name from the Anti-German Union, which had been founded in April 1915. [1]
Many Wars Ago (Italian: Uomini contro, lit. 'Men Against') is a 1970 anti-war film set on the Alpine Front of the First World War.Directed, produced, and co-written by Francesco Rosi, [2] the film is based on Emilio Lussu's memoir Un anno sull'altipiano ("One year on the plateau"), recounting his experiences at the Battle of Asiago. [3]