The Red Conspiracy
1920 THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY 37 West 39th Street, New York
This book proves the existence of the Red Peril. We publish it to warn America. We ask the help of every loyal American, organization and institution to put The Red Conspiracy in every home, school and library in the land. Price, cloth bound, $2.15 postpaid; in paper, $1.10 postpaid. Chapters of the book and parts of chapters can also be supplied in pamphlet and leaflet form for wide distribution. Write us for particulars.
The National Historical Society 37 West 39th Street, New York
Copyright, 1920, by The National Historical Society
As a mark of sincere gratitude for all that he owes to his Country from birth, the author of The Red Conspiracy hereby dedicates his work to his fellow-countrymen, trusting that it will prove a bulwark of defense for our Star-Spangled Banner and constitutional form of government, now so violently assailed by disloyal American citizens, as well as by Marxian rebels from abroad who have deceived many of the uneducated or trained them in ways of evil.
While The Red Conspiracy will appeal strongly to all who are seeking a clear and comprehensive knowledge of Socialism, Bolshevism, Communism and I. W. W.'ism, it will be of special value to the workingmen of America, as it will enable them easily to understand the fallacies of the Revolutionists and at the same time make them realize the serious dangers that would result from the adoption of any of the various radical programs.
Friendship, indeed, the Knights of the Red Flag profess for the laboring man. Such friendship, however, once it is understood will be spurned, for it is one which would plunge the sons of toil into a terrible abyss of injustice, deprivation and suffering--wrongs far greater than those endured from abuses of capitalism and partial corruption of some government officials.
At the very beginning of this work, the author wishes to express his heartfelt sympathy for poor men and women who are treated unjustly by employers, as well as with all who receive too small a recompense for their wearisome labors. It is, indeed, a source of deep regret to us that in consequence of injustice and uncharitableness, there are to be found in this rich republic numbers of our fellow-countrymen, not merely men and women but even innocent little children, who can scarcely relieve the pangs of their hunger by the coarsest kinds of food and have naught but rags for clothes and huts for homes. Feeling deep concern for these poor people, and for all who suffer either from employers or from defects of government, we trust that The Red Conspiracy will not only help toward remedying many of the evils that now weigh heavily upon the working class, but help to avert the far more dreadful evils that would result from the adoption of Socialism, Bolshevism, Communism, and I. W. W.'ism.
Joseph J. Mereto
The Red Conspiracy
JOSEPH J. MERETO
CHAPTER I
SOCIALISM IN OTHER LANDS
CHAPTER II
GROWTH OF SOCIALISM IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER III
THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA DEVELOPS A LEFT WING
CHAPTER IV
THE FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND LEFT WINGS
CHAPTER V
BIRTH OF THE COMMUNIST AND COMMUNIST-LABOR PARTIES
CHAPTER VI
SOCIALISM IN THEORY
CHAPTER VII
SOCIALISM IN PRACTICE
CHAPTER VIII
THE I. W. W.
CHAPTER IX
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD IN ACTION
CHAPTER X
BOLSHEVIST RULE IN RUSSIA
CHAPTER XI
RUSSIA RED WITH BLOOD AND BLACK WITH CRIME
CHAPTER XII
EUROPEAN SPARTACIDES AND COMMUNISTS
CHAPTER XIII
THE BOLSHEVISM OF AMERICAN SOCIALISTS
CHAPTER XIV
VIOLENCE, BLOODSHED AND ARMED REBELLION
CHAPTER XV
PATRIOTISM RIDICULED AND DESPISED
CHAPTER XVI
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST OUR COUNTRY
CHAPTER XVII
SOCIALISM A PERIL TO WORKINGMEN
CHAPTER XVIII
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST RELIGION ABROAD
CHAPTER XIX
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST RELIGION IN AMERICA
CHAPTER XX
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE FAMILY
CHAPTER XXI
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE RACE
CHAPTER XXII
SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION AND "BORING IN"
CHAPTER XXIII
ENLISTING RECRUITS FOR THE CONSPIRACY
CHAPTER XXIV
EXPERTS IN THE ART OF DECEPTION
CHAPTER XXV
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE REDS
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APPENDIX
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES, MAY 8-14, 1920
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