This book focuses on the beleagured position of the SPD in Imperial
Germany after the fall of Bismarck and underlines the enormous
difficulties the party faced in establishing a right to political
dissent. Dr Hall describes the development of the party press and
analyses the relationship between SPD journalists and officialdom.
He looks at Wilhelmine society and politics through the magnifying
glass of the socialist press and shows how the law courts and the
police were directed towards the suppression of free speech, as
well as highlighting the important role of non-democratic forces in
the state, such as the military. This use of the law as an
instrument of repression, coupled with official discrimination
against the working class, and the plethora of political
malpractices, together with evidence of the personal failings and
weaknesses of leading establishment figures, were all used by the
SPD press as propaganda against the establishment and as a
barometer of the impending collapse of society. The book will
appeal to political scientists, especially those interested in the
development of socialist thought, as well as to historians of
Imperial Germany.
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