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Benjamin Gitlow (December 22, 1891 – July 19, 1965) was a prominent American socialist politician of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Communist Party USA. At the end of the 1930s, Gitlow turned to conservatism and wrote two sensational exposés of American Communism, books which were very influential during the ...
Benjamin Gitlow, a member of the Socialist Party of America, who had served in the New York State Assembly, was charged with criminal anarchy under New York's Criminal Anarchy Law of 1902 for publishing in July 1919 a document called "Left wing manifesto" in The Revolutionary Age, a newspaper for which he served as business manager.
Benjamin Gitlow . Appellee People of the State of New York . Docket no. 19 . Decided by Taft Court . Lower court New York Court of Appeals . Citation 268 US 652 (1925) Argued. Apr 13, 1923; Nov 23, 1923 . Decided. Jun 8, 1925. Advocates. Walter H. Pollak ...
The case arose in November 1919 when Benjamin Gitlow, who had served as a New York state assemblyman, and an associate, Alan Larkin, were arrested by New York City police officers for criminal anarchy, an offense under New York state law.
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Gitlow v. New York —decided in 1925—was the first Supreme Court decision applying the First Amendment’s free speech protections to abuses by state governments. There, Benjamin Gitlow was arrested for distributing a “Left-Wing Manifesto,” which advocated socialism in America.
After President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist in Buffalo in 1901, the state of New York passed a Criminal Anarchy Law. A socialist named Benjamin Gitlow, who worked for a newspaper called The Revolutionary Age, was charged under this law for publishing an essay in the newspaper called Left Wing Manifesto in 1919. This ...
American politician. Learn about this topic in these articles: Gitlow v. New York. In Gitlow v. New York. …arose in November 1919 when Benjamin Gitlow, who had served as a New York state assemblyman, and an associate, Alan Larkin, were arrested by New York City police officers for criminal anarchy, an offense under New York state law.
