POLICE ARREST 21 MEN FOR INTRODUCING 'REVOLUTIONARY PROPAGANDA' IN SCHOOLS
San Francisco, California (JFK+50) On December 4, 1924, the Associated Press reports "twenty-one men were arrested here (in San Francisco) last night and a quantity of radical literature was seized by police."
Authorities believe the distribution of this communist literature is part of a "widespread attempt" to introduce "revolutionary propaganda" into our schools.
The men were charged with vagrancy* and held under $1000 bond each. Police say that "red literature" was being distributed among school children and "inflammatory" posters were displayed on poles and trees on school property.
*vagrancy is the state of homelessness of individuals without regular employment or income
JFK+50 NOTE
The 1917 revolution in Russia led to the creation of a communist state, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Communists were intent on educating the working classes in the struggle against capitalist exploitation and oppression.
SOURCES
"'Red' Doctrines Spread In Schools; 21 Arrested," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., December 4, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"The Communist Party in the 1920s: The first decade of struggle," by Norman Markowitz, April 24, 2019, People's World, www.peoplesworld.org/
