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First Red Scare

The First Red Scare: Socialist Suppression and Explosive Anarchism

July 26, 2020 by Jaap Harskamp Leave a Comment

Aftermath of bombing in the Wall Street courtesy Library of CongressIn the course of the nineteenth century, powerful and relatively stable explosives were developed. Dynamite became synonymous with radicalism and the moniker “dynamitist” preceded that of terrorist.

On September 16, 1920, a bomb was set off on a busy corner of Manhattan’s financial district. At 12:01 pm, a horse-drawn wagon concealing 100 pounds of dynamite was detonated. The blast killed thirty-eight people. [Read more…] about The First Red Scare: Socialist Suppression and Explosive Anarchism

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, New York City Tagged With: Anarchism, Crime and Justice, First Red Scare, New York City, Political History, Socialism, World War One

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