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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

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 second of the Michigan criminal syndicalism trials opened with the selection of a jury to try Charles F. Ruthenberg, former Secretary of the recently dissolved Communist Party.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only a few days before, he had been released from the prisons of Michigan, pending an appeal of a conviction under the criminal syndicalism 'law of that state.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many towns in the heart of the lumber district had passed absurd criminal syndicalism ordinances.

From The Centralia Conspiracy by Chaplin, Ralph

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