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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Americanism Versus Bolshevism: The Mayor of Seattle's Personal Account of Battling Militant Communism and Revolution in 1918 and 1919

Americanism Versus Bolshevism: The Mayor of Seattle's Personal Account of Battling Militant Communism and Revolution in 1918 and 1919

Hanson, Ole

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Political Biographies20th Century United States HistoryGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1789873258
ISBN13: 9781789873252
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Published: Jan 1 1920
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Ole Hanson served as Seattle's mayor at a pivotal time: communists infiltrated the city's labour unions, and within months staged a general strike and revolution - this is Hanson's personal account of defeating the uprising.

Buoyed by the success of the 1917 Revolution in Russia, ambitious communists hoped that a revolutionary chain reaction would ensue across the world, including in the United States. The prosperous port city of Seattle, with its sizable dock and industry, became a flashpoint in the movement. The city's labour unions were infiltrated and radicalized by communists, who hatched a plot to overthrow the local government through crippling strike action. The attempt was only thwarted by city hall's total refusal to grant any concession, backed by thousands of American soldiers.

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