5. The Communist Party and the Defense Tradition from Scottsboro to the Rosenbergs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. John Brown: The Left’s Great Man 27
6. 2. Haymarket 69
7. 3. Anti-Lynching and Labor Defense: Intersections and Contradictions 112
8. 4. No Wives or Family Encumber Them: Sacco and Vanzetti 162
9. 5. The Communist Party and the Defense Tradition from Scottsboro to the Rosenbergs 209
10. 6. Born Guilty: George Jackson and the Return of the Lumpen Hero 265
11. Conclusion 315
12. Notes 323
13. Index 397