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criminal syndicalism

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noun

Law.
  1. the doctrine of recourse to acts of violence or terrorism, or the advocacy of such acts, as a means of effecting economic or political change: proscribed by statute in many U.S. states.


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Harris even though in 1969 the Supreme Court declared criminal syndicalism laws unconstitutional.

From Salon Oct. 11, 2019

A state law against criminal syndicalism included a ban on counseling an unlawful method to accomplish a political end; this, said the court, violated the First Amendment's free-speech guarantee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week he was also indicted in Kentucky, along with Author John Dos Passes, for criminal syndicalism because of his outspoken sympathy for the miners' cause.

From Time Magazine Archive

The specific charge was violation of the Michigan state criminal syndicalism law.

From Time Magazine Archive

On November 22, district secretary McCadden, and organizers John Klinsky and Frank Kurowsky were arrested in East Youngstown, charged with criminal syndicalism and held for $3,000 bonds each.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster

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