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Wherever IWW leader and ACLU co-founder Elizabeth Gurley Flynn went, the feds followed

Wherever IWW leader and ACLU co-founder Elizabeth Gurley Flynn went, the feds followed

Files released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation reveal that early twentieth century activist and co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn predictably spent at least 1921 to 1924 under surveillance by undercover agents. The documents specifically focus on a speaking tour Flynn launched after the July 1921 conviction of Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for murder.

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