History Brief: The Red Scare in the 1920s

In this episode of History Brief, the Red Scare of the 1920s is explained. Major fear of Communist Revolutions in the United States are experienced, and Sacco and Vanzetti (anarchist immigrants) are executed for a murder they may not have committed.

[@ThePieGuyisHere]

POV: It's 2020 and you've been sent here by your teacher who you've never actually seen in real life

[@jammy3662]

yes

[@hello_i_exist_uwu]

yes

[@fajeral-hamadi8196]

That's exactly what's happening except that its 2021 💀

[@TheUnderratedOrange]

2023 here. It's in person but we've been still sent here regardless. Greetings fellow students hope you've all achieved the futures you've been working hard for!

[@hienle9284]

I was sent here by my history teacher during quarantine 😔✊ so hi

[@jazminegable5384]

i felt this in my soul.

[@annecleveland5624]

Me too

[@victorzhang6859]

same

[@jadensawatzky3972]

whats poppin im here for a project too

[@ltaylor3033]

Aren't we all

[@fajeral-hamadi8196]

I love how everyone is sent here by their history teachers during online lessons

[@dontcare174]

Lol

[@mitsunori222000]

because it's a good unbiased summary

[@uni.k3z]

its year 2020 and you were brought here by your history teacher

[@massacr3machin3]

Yeah lol

[@larryalexander4833]

Pay close attention it is real and alive today and they wish to take your freedom and liberty!!

[@kitkatsnickers1528]

Sup yeah here

[@davidjackson2690]

Now it's a Red Reality.

[@ethanaston370]

Why did I pick history wtf

[@matthewdawkins]

I'm picking geography lol

[@wernwin]

It’s was that our human anatomy for me, both poisons would’ve killed me anyways

[@hello_i_exist_uwu]

POV: you're doing something for history class in 2021

[@josecuscul5946]

yooo lol

[@hello_i_exist_uwu]

@@josecuscul5946 let me guess, 7th grade?

[@aria5498]

2022, 11th grade 🧑🏻‍🌾

[@hello_i_exist_uwu]

@@aria5498 nice

[@davidrixon3549]

And 100 years later its taking over bit by bit

[@jamessandoval5843]

Its really not.

[@kalei7599]

lol am I the only one who wasn't "sent by my history teacher." I just wanted to learn about the red scare.

[@JoshMG]

I'm here just to brush up on the red scare as i prepare to take a state test to teach high school history in Ohio.

[@jemagigi196]

Mee too

[@masterminecraft9653]

I’m here just to learn. Knowledge is power

[@sreedevisodanapalli1010]

I’m also not sent by my teacher

[@ransomdeal2999]

My 5th period class loves this video and did not sleep through this!

[@Lynnhaven6a6y]

fuck off

[@JoshMG]

I'd hope not- considering it's literally 3 minutes and 58 seconds long lol :)

[@brendan6747]

Idk, thats 4 or 5 tiktoks. High schoolers can't learn for longer than 2 or 3 tiktoks without tiktok. this is all well understood, I can refer to a tiktok that explains very quickly

[@khmocha5713]

Thanks I need this for my film project about the “Red Scare”

[@elenamorgan3229]

I have my finals in form of an essay on the Red Scare, do you have any sources you can recommend?

[@joeye7013]

Everyone’s here for history but didn’t post the answer 😡

[@ihearnocomplaints]

Ik!! It's rediculous. Like, c'mon do these teachers ACTUALLY think we're gonna watch this video and fill in the answers?

[@robinparker5604]

@@ihearnocomplaints an anti-intellectual furry... what has become of life in the year of our lord, 2021

[@ihearnocomplaints]

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@@ihearnocomplaints said every furry ever

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[@milascave2]

At that time, both Communists and Anarchists were called "REDs" because most people did not see the difference. But by 1919, the difference was becoming clear to those who knew.

[@whatabouttheearth]

They were not wrong in that sense, they were wrong in thinking the Anarchists supported the Bolsheviks. Just like today the VAST majority of Anarchists are Anarcho Communists, and the Anarchists have the same end goal as state communists at the end of final stage Communism. Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Lucy Parsons, Peter Kropotkin, Errico Maletesta, Carlo Tresca, Luigi Galliani and most the IWW were Anarcho Communists.

[@whatabouttheearth]

😂 damnit Mario and Luigi, you brought down King Koopa on us (;

[@youthought878]

Thankyou. Need to do a school visual project over this but don’t know what to do

[@jasonsiedschlag4362]

My Class Loved this Video!!!

[@drew5219]

are you able to send sources, i require them for a project

[@ransomdeal2999]

This was an interesting video! wow!

[@volactic5240]

1950s: wait it happened before?

[@Stephen6131]

I played this in ;protest of the Cincinnati REDS beating the New York Mets!

[@EnglishWithYassine]

Thank you

[@maxasaurus3008]

Jeez I’m here on my own time, I must be pretty boring.

[@TheParakeeter]

Good video, helped me with my research project keep it up 💯

[@readingthroughhistor]

+TheParakeeter Thank you!

[@juanvaladez4823]

TheParakeeter same

[@robin__3827]

Vous etes a la question 1 la STL1?

[@Clara-ci8px]

non

[@debbieturner7717]

Correct me if im wrong but the bombing happened on September 16 1920 not september 1.

[@readingthroughhistor]

You got me to look, which I like, as I wouldn't have been able to tell you otherwise. But it did happen on the 16th. Thanks for keeping us on our toes! www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/09/16/the_1920_wall_st_bombing_a_terrorist_attack_on_new_york.html

[@debbieturner7717]

in the video it says September 1st, sorry in the first comment i had it backwards.

[@readingthroughhistor]

LOL, then you were wrong about being right, yet you were right, and I was right about being wrong, but was wrong, or something. It looks like it was a genuine typo in the original script, like the 6 wasn't properly pressed down all the way, as it appears that way in our lessons and ensuing questions and printed lessons. But we have it fixed now, so we owe you a great big thanks. I'll add a note to the video, so at least people can see the proper date. Thanks again for the helping hand!

[@whatabouttheearth]

Look into Mario Budda, he likely did the Wall Street bombing, he was a major Gallianists

[@lilygrace2852]

we all here for history huh

[@ricecrispeee3367]

Nope, just wanted to remind myself about this

[@floresmagon07]

Good information

[@thomass1891]

It's sad that students have the privilege of learning this and choose to blow it off. I looked it up because I want to learn more about this part of our history.

[@milesjolly6173]

What does “blow it off” mean? I didn’t learn about this in history but did learn about Germany 1918-1945, so including the German revolution, Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.

[@gabe251]

very cool

[@victoriabakerjones]

I have my exam in a couple of hours, very helpful thank you!! 🙏🏻

[@readingthroughhistor]

you are very welcome

[@zeroualadouaa6765]

Finally!!

[@florenciacuccia3550]

Saco and Vanzetti will be remembered!

[@whatabouttheearth]

Hint: like the bombing of Wall Street, it was probably Mario Budda They were all Gallianists 😂 Mario and Luigi

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

What's a Gallianist?

[@larry1824]

Fox and Beck thinking it ain't over as there's still reds under their beds

[@joeweimholt9652]

This video was lit!!!!🔥 🔥 🔥

[@hs2593]

fire dude

[@hs2593]

fire dude

[@dbdbendjs111]

i bet ur a teacher in disguise

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

What do you mean by "lit"?

[@mikaelad9734]

sent here for clarification on a history homework assignment 😉😉

[@wahibaampadu9935]

My history teacher sent me here, pain

[@jamiedeighton3949]

anyone from broomsters class come on sgs

[@user-wz1ms8kz1q]

McCarthy was right! Look at our education system or the fact we allow federal employees to unionize!!

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

What's wrong with federal employees unionizing?

[@peytonfleming7953]

How would I make a apolitical cartoon on this subject

[@readingthroughhistor]

Emulate, but do not copy, any of these. bit.ly/2nPsErD

[@sabasabi4012]

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[@miamidolphinsfan]

Nicely done, and unfortunately it seems the way this economy is headed, and as the "Mexification" of our economy deepens, may give rise to a new "red scare". As you may have already picked up Robert, I am socially bent to the left, but not necessarily totally bent to the left on the economy. But the greed of the very richest is sending me that way.

[@ricardovela2455]

There is no such thing as the "Mexification" of our economy.

[@miamidolphinsfan]

@@ricardovela2455 I think you think of this as an ethnic comment, it has nothing to do with ethnicity...it is about the structure of our economy, it's fast becoming like that of Mexico....a few very very wealthy people and vast majority living in poverty....and yes that is happening here. You can bury your head if you wish but you really should assess what is the reality around you

[@vanparker6976]

I have a test today on the roaring 20's thx

[@ShidaiTaino]

And communism has not a state. Or at least theoretically.

[@desmondwaters3566]

So.... if it doesn't fit the specific utopian collectivist society is isn't communism? Am I hearing that right? I'm pretty sure they've got a phrase for that.

[@whatabouttheearth]

True communism is stateless. Dude above must not understand that the final goal at the end of late stage Communism is the exact same as the goal of the anarchists. The spilt happened between Bakunins faction and Marx's faction at the first international but they still have the same end goal.

[@shandhi5391]

Say their name: Nikola and Bart!

[@whatabouttheearth]

They were with Mario and Luigi Mario Budda and Luigi Galliani

[@zdl1121]

I DONT UNDERSTAND CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME

[@ricecrispeee3367]

Communism and capitalism are two different economic states, the rise of communism threaten the prosperities of capitalism here in the US so during the uprising of communism in the russia it made people on the US fear communism

[@manilovebagels]

what don't you understand about it?

[@jaymudd2817]

Only off by a century.

[@omargarcia5746]

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[@lucylangdale2367]

choosing history A-Level... biggest regret of my life......

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Why?

[@larry1824]

Trump's time machine bucket list destination

[@raithwilson6034]

i feel more wiser

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

"More wiser" is redundant. The proper way to say it is either "wiser" or "more wise."

[@bonnenaturel6688]

You forgot the innocent Italians that were lynched!

[@BlackwingsProphet]

For those of you who do not know in the 1920s during the first Red Scare the deadliest race riots in US history was carried out were multiple black communities were burnt down businesses destroyed and it's black residents murdered 2 pacific incidents was in Greenwood Tulsa Oklahoma and Rosewood Florida were white mobs attacked and burned down these community in the case of Tulsa when the Black residents fought back to protect their homes the National Guard was called in by the police to help the white mob carry out their attack on Tulsa black residents National Guard planes actually bombed most of the community thousands of African-Americans die and thousands more were left homeless this was ethnic cleansing carried out on American soil by American soldiers police men and vigilantes against American citizen there's a movie called Black Wall Street that go into more detail about this

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

*where *specific

[@whatabouttheearth]

And the Osage murders, all these events precipitated the founding of the FBI

[@mrcool993]

grerat video

[@floresstacey7504]

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[@salomongoldberg3178]

Down voted for implicit defense of communism. Be more objective.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Explaining what Communism is about isn't the same thing as "defending" it.

[@gabbywenger3647]

hey lol

[@familyforce5fan96]

I'm just gonna say it...Joe Morelli did it, not Sacco and Vanzetti.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Didn't Mario Budda do it, just like he did the Wall Street bombing? Mario and Luigi (😂) were the top Gallianists Sacco and Vanzetti were Gallianists though

[@holthofertv1998]

I can’t read sorry 😞

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

Good thing then people learned their lesson and never falsely accused people of being communist again. Heh heh eh heh heh.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

I know where you're going with this. You're saying that we haven't entirely learned any lessons from the "Red Scare" of the 1920s. Unfortunately, you're quite right. We've had quite a few Red Scares since that time. During the 1930s, American conservatives and businessmen tried to convince everyone that President Franklin Delano's New Deal programs would ruin the economy of the United States, and/or lead the country to Communism, or at least, to Socialism. The truth is that they were just afraid that FDR's policies were a threat to their corrupt business practices, that they would force them to treat their employees better, pay them more money, and create safer working conditions, which would cost the big bosses a lot of cash. The years following the end of the Second World War were the days of the next big Red Scare. It was the time of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS), presided over by the notorious Senator Joseph McCarthy, who ruined people's reputations with his reckless accusations of "disloyalty" and "subversive activities." It was also a time when the United States Government felt it had a right to overthrow foreign governments that it thought were turning to Communism, even if it meant installing brutal right-wing military dictatorships. Quite often, this was not so much about fighting Communism as it was about protecting the interests of American big business corporations. That's what our Government, through the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), did when it ousted the government of Iran in 1953 (and installed the dictatorial Shah, or King) to protect the interests of the U.S.-U.K.-owned oil companies, or when it threw out the democratically elected government of Guatemala to keep it from starting land reforms that included taking over lands belonging to the United Fruit Company (which also controlled the lands and governments of other Central American countries), and replaced it with a military dictator. Since then, Guatemala has been ruled by a series of far-right military dictatorships, which, in turn, have led to decades of oppression, civil wars, and revolutions that killed thousands of innocent people, including some of the best and brightest people who might have done something to stop the violence and repression. In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan became President and practically started another Red Scare with his talk about the Soviet Union being the "Evil Empire" and his insane belief that the rebels who fought to oust the right-wing tyrants of El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, etc, were "Communists" and "terrorists" who wanted to spread the "Red Menace" all over South America, and were thus, a threat to the "National Security" of the United States itself. All that was just plain NONSENSE! Most of the rebels probably couldn't even find the U.S.S.R. on a map. Many of them had friends and/or relatives who were beaten, tortured, raped, and murdered by "death squads" on orders from the governments, which were ruled by tyrants who were paranoid right-wingers whose idea of a "Communist" was anyone who spoke up about poverty and oppression, or who tried to help the peasants, who were poor and starving to death. Under that twisted type of thinking, JESUS CHRIST WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED A COMMUNIST! But, these facts didn't matter to the equally paranoid Mr. Reagan, who still insisted that the South American rebels were a threat to the United States, who called the basically Fascistic regimes our "friends" and "allies" (even when they were killing AMERICAN CITIZENS, or hiding former Nazis, who should have been turned over to the proper authorities after World War Two), who sent more military aid than humanitarian aid to these countries, and whose obsession with the "Communist threat" led him to support the right-wing rebels known as "Contras" who were determined to overthrow the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua, which had gotten rid of its unpopular U.S.-backed, right-wing despot, General Anastasio Somoza, in 1979. Reagan, not surprisingly, saw the Sandinistas as a "Communist threat" to the U.S.A., and decided it was "in our interests" to send money, weapons, and ammunition to the Contras, whom he called "freedom fighters" and "the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers," even though a) most of the Contras were former members of the Somoza regime, which means that their main goal was replace the Sandinistas with another Somoza, b) the so-called "freedom fighters" were little more than terrorists, who raped, tortured, and murdered unarmed civilians, including women, children, priests, nuns, doctors, social workers, and who attacked hospitals, schools, shelters for the poor, etc, and c) the Contras were also involved in drug trafficking, sending tons of illegal narcotics, including a new one called "crack cocaine," to America. In fact, the Contras, and the United States Government that supported them, are today considered responsible for the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s and '90s. But none of this mattered to Reagan, who maintained that these tyrants and murderers were "our allies," just so long as they were "Anti-Communist." According to that fuzzy-headed thinking, if Reagan were President during World War Two, HE WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED ADOLF HITLER, BENITO MUSSOLINI, AND THE JAPANESE WARLORDS, BECAUSE THEY TOO WERE ALL ANTI-COMMUNIST! That would suggest that the German, Italian, and Japanese soldiers who mistreated prisoners of war (including Americans), the Navys and submarines, commanded by men like Karl Donetz of Germany and Yamamoto of Japan, who sunk allied ships, and the Japanese fighter and bomber pilots who attacked Pearl Harbor, would all have been backed by Reagan, because they too were Anti-Communists. Furthermore, Reagan would have declared war on Soviet Russia, even though it was one of our most important allies in WW2. See what a little Red Scare can do to rational people?

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i really dont care about this topic.

[@readingthroughhistor]

It cares not that you care not.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Then why did you watch it?

[@whatabouttheearth]

Than don't watch it and remain ignorant your entire life.

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