in prison, she became good friends with emma goldman, the war opponent we talked about earlier, also jailed for opposing the war. goldman spent two years in, but after that, the government deployed another weapon against her. it deported her from the united states, where she had lived for more than 30 years. and 248 other radicals the government was eager to get rid of worshiped off to russia just before christmas of 1919 on this decrepit troop ship. feels eerily familiar today, in 1919, the united states was swept by a frenzy about deporting people. eyeing than three people the democratic and republican presidential nominations in 1920 were campaigning on promises of mass deportations. this deportation frenzy began in 1919, the war was over, but the cost of living had soared, we were in the midst of the biggest strike wave in american history, one in five american workers went on strike during the year 1919. these are chicago police called out because of the steelworkers strike in chicago. the year 1919 was also the year of some of the worst racial violence in american history. why?

together the unusual couple joins the socialist party and worked with figures such as emma goldman, eugene debs and w.e.b. dubois. as with his previous work on the spanish civil war, hoaxchild keeps -- hochschild keeps an eye on literary life without ever devolving into mere presentism, he examines how historical figures responded to challenges that in some ways resemble our own. in reviving figures like stokes, his fork not only reminds us -- his work not only reminds us of our duty as citizens, but to widen our political imagination. once again, his other books include king leopold's ghost, shows not only his thoroughness as a historian, but also his mastery as an american writer. in this vivid account he has given us an important tale for our own time. please join me in welcoming adam hochschild. [applause] >> actually, that music was supposed to be playing as you come in. [laughter] songs of the -- [inaudible] but i've got to stop it now because we have to get on with the rest of the show here. anyway it's great to be back here at politics and prose. a wonderful, wonderful store, and i

rose emma goldman and many other friends to join called the women's peace party and took part in demonstrationslike this one. then of course, in april of 1917, woodrow wilson will before congress and asked congress to declare war. and by the next year, large numbers of american troops were going to a friends eventually by the millions and by mid 1918, newark heavily involved in the fiercest fighting of the war. the coming of the work brought an upsurge of war fever and ferocious government propaganda here at home like this u.s. army recruiting poster. there was also a tremendous inouye about spice and not about just prop propaganda but most of the press, it tremendous push against radicals anybody questioned the work in any form. you cannot see the caption on this cartoon, i think because it's in very multi- but the top but is is now for around up. initials uncle sam rounding up the iww another radicals. many people in this country and not just those on the far left, felt very strongly that it was a huge mistake for the united states to enter the war. the government crackdown partially on desce