Book contents
- Anarchists of the Caribbean
- Global and International History
- Anarchists of the Caribbean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- A Biographical Prologue
- Introduction
- 1 Anarchist Straits
- 2 Anarchists versus Yanquis
- 3 ¡Tierra y Libertad!
- 4 The Caribbean Red during the Red Scare
- 5 Anarchists versus Yanquis II
- 6 Bolivarianismoanarquista
- 7 Down but Not Out
- A Literary Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The Caribbean Red during the Red Scare
Anarchists and the Bolshevik Revolution, 1917–1924
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 April 2020
- Anarchists of the Caribbean
- Global and International History
- Anarchists of the Caribbean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- A Biographical Prologue
- Introduction
- 1 Anarchist Straits
- 2 Anarchists versus Yanquis
- 3 ¡Tierra y Libertad!
- 4 The Caribbean Red during the Red Scare
- 5 Anarchists versus Yanquis II
- 6 Bolivarianismoanarquista
- 7 Down but Not Out
- A Literary Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 4 examines how anarchists handled the ramifications of the 1917 Russian Revolution. The revolution shaped the next decade and a half of anarchist agitation in the region as radicals attempted to figure out not only how to engage the new Communist state in Moscow, but also how to attract Marxists with whom anarchists worked and lived side by side. The post-1917 era also forced anarchists to confront the spread of US-backed anti-Communist surveillance. US intelligence agencies and their Caribbean partners tracked down and tried to suppress radicalism by expanding the Red Scare’s surveillance and repression into the Caribbean and targeting Caribbean anarchists who, from the heights of officialdom, were now seen as “Bolshevikis.”
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- Anarchists of the CaribbeanCountercultural Politics and Transnational Networks in the Age of US Expansion, pp. 155 - 185Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020