CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Rise of a Nineteenth-Century Radical Press

1Socialists: National Periodicals in the Heartland

2Dailies: Socialists Take on the Mainstream Press

3Bombs and Bombast: Trials of Socialist Newspapers

4Cacophony: From a “One-Hoss Boss” to a Party Boss in the Socialist Press

5Wobblies: Journalism as Direct Action by the Industrial Workers of the World

6Anarchy! Imagining a World without Hierarchy

7The Intellectuals: Wilshire’s, the Masses, and the Lyrical Left

8“The Black Man’s Burden”: Race and the Radical Press

9“What Every Woman Should Know”: Women and the Radical Press

10Suppression: Silencing the Radical Press during World War I

Conclusion: Radical Media in the Twenty-First Century

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index