A Communist Trial (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Communist Trial The extracts from the testimony and speech to the jury during the trial of C. E. Ruthenberg and I. E. Ferguson presented in the following pages, contain what is probably the most revolutionary challenge made in a court in the United States. The defendants presented their views without compromise or apology. Their attitude was: We believe these to be the facts as to the existing industrial system and these the principles which must guide the working class in abolishing that system. You may send us to prison for proclaiming our adherence to these principles, but that threat will not cause us to change our belief in and support of these principles. The facts in regard to the case, from the record of which the testimony and speech contained herein are taken, are as follows: On June 21st to June 24th, 1919, there was held in New York City a conference of delegates representing the Left Wing of the Socialist Party for the purpose of deciding upon further action to secure a restatement of the principles of the Socialist Party in harmony with Revolutionary Socialism, or Communism, and to gain control of that organization for the Left Wing. At this convention a National Council of nine members was elected, consisting of Maxmilian Cohen, I. E. Ferguson, John Ballam, Louis C. Fraina, Benjamin Gitlow, James Larkin, Eadmonn McAlpine, C. E. Ruthenberg and Bertram Wolfe. Pressure of work prevented the conference from adopting a manifesto and the work of drafting the manifesto, and authority to publish it, was vested in the National Council, which was charged with continuing the work of the Conference. Subsequently the Manifesto of the Left Wing was published in the "Revolutionary Age" of July 5th, 1919. The conference of the Left Wing was held at a time when the Lusk Committee was just beginning its activities, the headquarters of the Left Wing of Local Greater New York being raided during the conference. As the result of these activities of the Lusk Committee the members of the National Council were indicted, (November, 1919, after the Left Wing had been merged into the Communist Party and the Communist Labor Party) and charged with violating the Criminal Anarchy Law of the State of New York. This law had been passed in 1902, after the assassination of President McKinley, and was directed against the doctrine that organized government should be overthrown by force and violence or assassination, or any unlawful means. It was the doctrine of Johann Most - of terrorist anarchism - that it was aimed at. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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