The Espionage Act was passed in 1917 and it has been crushing dissent and suppressing freedom of press in the U.S. for over a century.
Next Wednesday, Please join us for an in-person book talk on A Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press with authors Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman.
This book offers an unprecedented and panoramic history of the use of the Espionage Act of 1917, pointing to it as the most important yet least understood law in modern American history that threatens freedom of the press. From the two World Wars, to the Cold War, to the War on Terror, the Act serves to control information about U.S. military and foreign policy, providing cover for the settling of political scores, illegal break-ins, and prosecutorial misconduct. Published by @illinoispress.
