One of early-twentieth-century America's most fertile grounds for
political radicalism, the Pacific Northwest produced some of the
most dedicated and successful socialists the country has ever seen.
As a radicalized labor force emerged in mining, logging, and other
extractive industries, socialists employed intensive organizational
and logistical skills to become an almost permanent third party
that won elections and shook the confidence of establishment
rivals. At the height of Socialist Party influence just before
World War I, a Montana member declared, "They are all red out
here."
In this first book to fully examine the development of the
American Socialist Party in the Northwest, Jeffrey A. Johnson draws
a sharp picture of one of the most vigorous left-wing organizations
of this era. Relying on party newspapers, pamphlets, and
correspondence, he allows socialists to reveal their own strategies
as they pursued their agendas in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
Montana. And he explores how the party gained sizable support in
Butte, Spokane, and other cities seldom associated today with
left-wing radicalism.
" "They Are All Red Out Here" " employs recent approaches to
labor history by restoring rank-and-file workers and party
organizers as active participants in shaping local history. The
book marks a major contribution to the ongoing debate over why
socialism never grew deep roots in American soil and no longer
thrives here. It is a work of political and labor history that
uncovers alternative social and political visions in the American
West.
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