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criminal syndicalism

noun

Law.

the doctrine of recourse to acts of violence or terrorism, or the advocacy of such acts, as a means of effecting economic or political change: proscribed by statute in many U.S. states.

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In an unsigned decision, the court overruled an appellate court’s application of Ohio’s “criminal syndicalism” statute to a Ku Klux Klan leader.

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The catch-all charge was a fairly new California felony banning “criminal syndicalism.”

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When asked if she knew the phrase “criminal syndicalism,” Ball replied, “No, but it is pretty.”

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Brandenburg was subsequently arrested and convicted of violating Ohio's criminal syndicalism law, which made it a crime to advocate violence as a means of achieving political reform.

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State criminal syndicalism laws essentially made it a crime to advocate ideas opposed by the government.

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