Mitchell Newton-Matza Livres

The Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917-1918 represent a pivotal and contentious period in American history, prohibiting dissent against U.S. involvement in World War I. This text provides students with an insightful exploration of the cultural and political backdrop of the Acts and their significant historical consequences. It includes a concise narrative enriched with primary sources, enhancing the understanding of this critical moment in the nation's past.

Intelligent and Honest Radicals explores the Chicago labor movement s relationship to Illinois legal and political system especially as seen through the eyes of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL). Newton-Matza focuses on the significant era between the great strike in 1919 and Franklin D. Roosevelt s inauguration and the beginning of the New Deal in 1933. He brings to light a number of victories and achievements for the labor movement in this period that are often overlooked. Newton-Matza shows the Chicago labor movement as a progressive agency intent on changing the workers world through words and peaceful actions, drawing upon their personal experiences and ideology."