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For his publicized connection on the staff of The Revolutionary Age Benjamin Gitlow was targeted for arrest during the coordinated raid of the communist movement conducted by New York state authorities and the Department of Justice during the night of November 7/8, 1919.
Gitlow v. New York —decided in 1925—was the first Supreme Court decision applying the First Amendment’s free speech protections to abuses by state governments. There, Benjamin Gitlow was arrested for distributing a “Left-Wing Manifesto,” which advocated socialism in America.
SIGNIFICANCE: Benjamin Gitlow was charged in 1919 with "criminal anarchy" by the state of New York. His offense: publishing the Left Wing Manifesto, a call for revolution. He was convicted and sentenced to five to ten years in prison.
The case arose from the conviction under New York state law of Socialist politician and journalist Benjamin Gitlow for the publication of a "left-wing manifesto" in 1919.
Apr 5, 2017 · Gitlow was arrested after distributing socialist material he published in a newspaper. New York convicted Gitlow under a statute which prohibited advocacy of criminal anarchy. Gitlow challenged his conviction claiming the state statute was unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
Jul 3, 2019 · Gitlow v. New York (1925) examined the case of a Socialist Party member who published a pamphlet advocating for a government overthrow and was subsequently convicted by the state of New York. The Supreme Court ruled that it was constitutional to suppress Gitlow's speech in that instance because the state had a right to protect its citizens from ...
Jun 2, 2021 · Benjamin Gitlow was indicted in the Supreme Court of New York, with three others, for the statutory crime of criminal anarchy. . . . The contention here is that the statute, by its terms and as applied in this case, is repugnant to the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
