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Chip Gibbons
@ChipGibbons89
Journalist, bylines in @Jacobinmag @thenation @inthesetimesmag. Policy Director @RightsDissent Host @StillSpying Podcast Views my own
Jun 15, 2022 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
A 105 years ago today, Congress passed one of the worst laws in US in history. The Espionage Act may sound like a law dealing with spies and saboteurs, but for 105 years it has been used to suppress dissent.

jacobin.com/2017/06/espion… The early targets of the Espionage Act was the Socialist Party, IWW, and other radicals who opposed US involvement in World War I. The govt argued mere anti-war speech incited insubordination in the military and obstructed recruitment.