{"id":693,"date":"2025-09-19T19:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/?p=693"},"modified":"2025-09-19T19:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:45:58","slug":"1919-red-scare-protest-art-untitled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/2025\/09\/19\/1919-red-scare-protest-art-untitled\/","title":{"rendered":"1919 Red Scare Protest Art &#8211; Untitled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The image I have attached below depicts a pro-communist protester being given a light sentence while concealing a bomb with name &#8220;bolshevism&#8221;  behind the individual, hidden such that the judge cannot see it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This artwork was published either at the beginning or height of the Red Scare of the late 1910s, in which there was mass upheaval inside the United States due to the sudden rise of marxism-leninism in Eastern Europe; there were riots and counter-riots fought between anarchists, communists, police, and those who believed that any of the previously listed groups posed an existential threat to the United States&#8217;s way of life. The artwork shown fits directly into this context; an individual who clearly has some involvement in pro-communist terror, fake or real as it may be, being given a punishment that is incredibly light (literally a slap on the wrist). This  artist is clearly dissatisfied with the state of affairs in courts, and likely aims to further fuel the Red Scare in order to trample out any supposedly bomb-wielding communists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This theme is readily applicable to the modern American political climate and our nation&#8217;s present state, as people from both sides believe that their opposition, often portrayed as violent and radical, is not being punished enough and poses an existential threat to the United States&#8217;s cohesion and wellbeing. As the magnitude of our nation&#8217;s polarization increases, so too does the call for overwhelming, often extrajudicial, force to quell any opposition (for fear of the future danger it may pose).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Daniel Bolotovskiy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/09\/IMG_4800.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/09\/IMG_4800.jpeg 862w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/09\/IMG_4800-259x300.jpeg 259w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/09\/IMG_4800-768x891.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image I have attached below depicts a pro-communist protester being given a light sentence while concealing a bomb with name &#8220;bolshevism&#8221; behind the individual, hidden such that the judge cannot see it. 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