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1. It seems to have been part of the first Red Scare after WWI

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 09:14 AM

Aug 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Red_Scare#Expulsion_of_Socialists_from_the_New_York_Assembly

The first Red Scare was a huge (and sometimes violent) reaction against socialist gains prior to the war, just as the second one after WWII was a reaction against New Deal gains in the '30s.

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In 1920, New York Expelled 5 Elected Socialists From the State Assembly. [View all] Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 OP

It seems to have been part of the first Red Scare after WWI deutsey Aug 2015 #1

Thanks. Good link. Among other things, one has to wonder how this action... Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #3

Getting ready to go - enlightenment Aug 2015 #2

So they... the Assembly majority... were DRUNK? Oh, man. This is rich. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #4

The Palmer Raids TBF Aug 2015 #5