{"id":1124,"date":"2018-12-20T01:29:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T01:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2018-12-20T19:58:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T19:58:56","slug":"antiwar-meeting-breakup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/antiwar-meeting-breakup\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiwar Meeting Breakup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, new labor newspapers were created at a profound rate. The Seattle Daily Call served as a watchdog on the government\u2019s response to labor-related issues, but this 1917 release served as coverage of the government\u2019s forcible dispersal of anti-war meetings. It includes a powerful political cartoon depicting a man labeled \u201ccapital\u201d watching \u201cAmerican Autocrats\u201d gagging the \u201cradical press\u201d and the \u201clabor press\u201d. The heading reads, \u201cin order to bring democracy abroad, we must submit to tyrants at home\u201d.\u00a0Wartime often serves as a test for the government\u2019s dedication to civil liberties, and World War One was no exception. The government passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts which tightly restricted freedom of speech<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>. The press was especially restrained in its ability to criticize government affairs. Many Americans favored neutrality because of economic ties to Germany, and did not wish to see American lives committed to a struggle they did not deem their own<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>. This source&#8217;s purpose is twofold. The event that occurred demonstrates that the government was more dedicated to pursuing its agenda than the protection of the First Amendment. In breaking up a demonstration of free speech and freedom of assembly, the government sent the message that civil liberties were not a priority in wartime. However, the <em>Daily Call\u2019s <\/em>coverage of the events reminded its readers that the press is a powerful check on the government\u2019s actions when its actions do not align with its values and legal foundation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Kazin, Michael. 2017. \u201cThe Americans Who Opposed The Great War: Who They Were, What They Believed.\u201d\u00a0<em>Oregon Historical Quarterly<\/em>\u00a0118 (2): 252\u201355.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Kazin, \u201cThe Americans Who Opposed the Great War: Who They Were, What They Believed\u201d, 252-55<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1132\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1132\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1132\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2018\/12\/Meeting-Breakup-219x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2018\/12\/Meeting-Breakup-219x300.jpeg 219w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2018\/12\/Meeting-Breakup-768x1052.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2018\/12\/Meeting-Breakup-748x1024.jpeg 748w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2018\/12\/Meeting-Breakup-676x926.jpeg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coverage of an antiwar meeting breakup calls the government&#8217;s dedication to the first amendment into question.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early 20th century, new labor newspapers were created at a profound rate. The Seattle Daily Call served as a watchdog on the government\u2019s response to labor-related issues, but&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/antiwar-meeting-breakup\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3914,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182830],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frances-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3914"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}