The Antiwar Press

A Variety of Resistere.

Though the "war to end all wars" and the "war to make the world safe for democracy"—were the official slogans of the war effort, not everyone in the United States believed that World War I would accomplish these noble goals. Isolationists believed that the United States had no business meddling in the problems of Europe. Religious pacifists opposed any war on moral grounds. Black Americans found it hypocritical to fight for a cause abroad that served them badly at home. Immigrants from Germany and Austria were torn between support for their ancestral homes and loyalty to their new one. Socialists believed the war only furthered imperial and capitalistic ambitions. The struggles of all of these groups found expression in their newspapers and magazines. For their opposition to the war, some suffered persecution and prosecution under the 1917 Espionage Act and the 1918 Sedition Act.

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