Front matter
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FACING THE CHAIR STORY OF THE AMERICANIZATION OF TWO FOREIGNBORN WORKMEN
by
JOHN DOS PASSOS
Published by
SACCO-VANZETTI DEFENSE COMMITTEE
BOSTON, MASS.
1927
“AND I WILL SAY TO YOUR HONOR THAT A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS COME TO HONOR ITS OWN SECRETS MORE THAN THE LIVES OF ITS CITIZENS HAS BECOME A TYRANNY WHETHER YOU CALL IT A REPUBLIC, A MONARCHY OR ANYTHING ELSE.”
—from Atty. William G. Thompson’s argument before Judge Thayer, pleading for a new trial.
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