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  • Seeing Reds

  • The Red Scare of 1918-1919, Canada's First War on Terror
  • Written by: Daniel Francis
  • Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
  • Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Seeing Reds

Written by: Daniel Francis
Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
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At the end of World War I, Canada was poised on the brink of social revolution. At least that is what many Canadians, inspired by the success of the Russian Revolution in 1917, hoped - and others dreaded. Seeing Reds tells the story of this turbulent period in Canadian history during the winter of 1918-19, when a fearful government led by Prime Minister Robert Borden tried to suppress radical political activity by branding legitimate labour leaders as "Bolsheviks" and "Reds". Canada was in the grip of a widespread Red Scare promoted by the government and the media in order to discredit radical ideas and to rally public support behind mainstream political and economic policies.

The story builds toward the events of the Winnipeg General Strike in May -June 1919 when the authorities, believing that the expected revolution had begun, sent soldiers into the streets to put down with force a legitimate labour dispute.

Author Daniel Francis examines Canada's Red Scare in a global context, including government responses to similar activities in the United States and western Europe, as well as its ramifications for the contemporary war on terror, in which issues of free speech and political dissent are similarly compromised in the name of national security. Based on government documents and first-hand accounts by the participants themselves, Seeing Reds is a gripping account of a little-known episode in Canadian history.

©2010 Daniel Francis (P)2012 Post Hypnotic Press Inc.

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