Progressive Lawyers under Siege - Moral Panic during the McCarthy Years (Hardcover)

This is a study of a progressive law firm and its three partners. The firm was founded in 1936 and existed until the death of one partner in 1965. The partners were harassed by the FBI primarily for defending labor union members and leaders and the defense of both. The firm's primary client was Harry Bridges, the long term President on the International Longshoreman's and Warehouseman's Union (ILWU). The irony was that the more the FBI persecuted labor unions, the more business the firm had from those harassed by the FBI. During this time the FBI was primarily interested in controlling the Communist Party. While the clients of the firm were sometimes Communists, the law partners were not Communist Party members. In both of these ways the FBI was wasting its time in persecuting this firm. Although the primary data used involved existing records (for example all of the partners had extensive FBI files), we also interviewed colleagues and relatives of the partners.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2015
Authors:	Colin Wark • John F. Galliher
Dimensions:	231 x 161 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-9560-4
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law > Employment & labour law Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Trade unions
LSN:	0-7391-9560-3
Barcode:	9780739195604

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