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Seeing Reds by Daniel Francis, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters

From Daniel Francis

Current price: $27.95
Seeing Reds by Daniel Francis, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters
Seeing Reds by Daniel Francis, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters

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Seeing Reds by Daniel Francis, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters

From Daniel Francis

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Excerpted in Geist magazine At the end of World War I, Canada was poised on the brink of social revolution. At least that is what many Canadians, inspired by the success of the Russian Revolution in 1917, hoped and others dreaded. Seeing Reds tells the story of this turbulent period in Canadian history during the winter of 1918-19, when a fearful governmentled by Prime Minister Robert Borden tried tosuppress radical political activity by branding legitimate labour leaders as \"Bolsheviks\" and \"Reds.\" Canada was in the grip of a widespread Red Scare promoted by the government and the media in order to discredit radical ideas and to rally public support behind mainstream political and economic policies. The story builds towardthe events of the Winnipeg General Strike in May-June 1919 when the authorities, believing that the expected revolution had begun, sent soldiers into the streets to put down with force a legitimate labour dispute. Author Daniel Francis examines Canada's Red Scare in a global context, including government responses to similar activities in the United States and western Europe, as well as its ramifications for the contemporary war on terror, in which issues of free speech and political dissent are similarly compromised in the name of national security. Based on government documents and first-hand accounts by the participants themselves, Seeing Reds is a gripping account of a little known episode in Canadian history. French-language rights sold to Lux Editeur | Seeing Reds by Daniel Francis, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters

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