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| name = Social Justice
| name = Social Justice
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| logo =
| image = [[File:Coughlin-Social-Justice-NYC-Lange.jpeg|200px]]
| image = Couple-with-radio-and-Social-Justice-Michigan-1939.jpg
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| caption = A Michigan couple listens to the radio <br>and reads Father Coughlin's newspaper <br>''Social Justice'' (1939).
| type = Weekly
| type = Weekly
| format =
| format =
| owners = Thomas J. Coughlin and Amelia Coughlin
| owners = Thomas J. Coughlin<br>Amelia Coughlin
| founder =
| founder =
| publisher = National Union of Social Justice
| publisher = [[National Union for Social Justice]]
| editor = [[Charles Coughlin]], E. Perrin Schwartz
| editor = [[Charles Coughlin]]<br>E. Perrin Schwartz
| staff = Cora Quinlan
| staff = Cora Quinlan
| foundation = March 13, 1936
| foundation = March 13, 1936
| political =
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| language = English
| language = English
| ceased publication = 1942
| ceased publication = 1942
| headquarters = Royal Oak, Michigan
| headquarters = Royal Oak, Michigan
| circulation = 200,000
| circulation = 200,000
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'''''Social Justice''''' was an American [[Roman Catholic]] periodical published by [[Charles Coughlin|Father Charles Coughlin]] during the late 1930s and early 1940s.<ref>{{cite journal |date= 27 April 1942 |title= Crackdown on Coughlin |journal= [[Time (magazine)|TIME]] |volume= |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795777,00.html |accessdate= 1 January 2010}}</ref>
'''''Social Justice''''' was a topical political periodical published by [[Charles Coughlin|Father Charles Coughlin]] from 1936 to 1942.<ref>{{cite magazine |date= 27 April 1942 |title= Crackdown on Coughlin |magazine= [[Time (magazine)|TIME]] |url= http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795777,00.html |accessdate= 7 December 2020}}</ref>


==History==
⚫
''Social Justice'' was controversial for printing antisemitic [[polemic]]s such as ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]''. Coughlin claimed that [[Marxist atheism]] in Europe was a [[Jewish]] plot against America. The December 5, 1938, issue of ''Social Justice'' included an article by Coughlin which reportedly closely resembled a speech made by [[Joseph Goebbels]] on September 13, 1935, attacking Jews and Communists, with some sections being copied verbatim by Coughlin from an English translation of the Goebbels speech. Coughlin, however, stated, "Nothing can be gained by linking ourselves with any organization which is engaged in agitating racial animosities or propagating racial hatreds."<ref>''The New York Times'', Feb. 27, 1939</ref> Furthermore, in an interview with [[Eddie Doherty]], Coughlin stated: "My purpose is to help eradicate from the world its mania for persecution, to help align all good men. Catholic and Protestant, Jew and Gentile, Christian and non-Christian, in a battle to stamp out the ferocity, the barbarism and the hate of this bloody era. I want the good Jews with me, and I'm called a Jew baiter, an anti-Semite."<ref>[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcoughlinE.htm Spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk]</ref>
[[File:Coughlin-Social-Justice-NYC-Lange.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.2|''Social Justice'' being sold on the streets of New York City (July 1939)]]
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''Social Justice'' was controversial for printing antisemitic [[polemic]]s such as ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]''. Coughlin claimed that [[Marxist atheism]] in Europe was a [[Jewish]] plot against America. The December 5, 1938, issue of ''Social Justice'' included an article by Coughlin which reportedly closely resembled a speech made by [[Joseph Goebbels]] on September 13, 1935, attacking Jews and Communists, with some sections being copied verbatim by Coughlin from an English translation of the Goebbels speech. Coughlin, however, stated, "Nothing can be gained by linking ourselves with any organization which is engaged in agitating racial animosities or propagating racial hatreds."<ref>''The New York Times'', Feb. 27, 1939</ref> Furthermore, in an interview with [[Eddie Doherty]], Coughlin stated: "My purpose is to help eradicate from the world its mania for persecution, to help align all good men. Catholic and Protestant, Jew and Gentile, Christian and non-Christian, in a battle to stamp out the ferocity, the barbarism and the hate of this bloody era. I want the good Jews with me, and I'm called a Jew baiter, an anti-Semite."<ref>[https://spartacus-educational.com/USAcoughlinE.htm Charles Edward Coughlin. Spartacus-Educational.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004021725/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcoughlinE.htm |date=2009-10-04 }}</ref>


After America's entry into [[World War II]], Coughlin's broadcasts were ended by the [[National Association of Broadcasters]]. In 1942, the periodical's second class mailing permit was revoked under the [[Espionage Act of 1917]] as part of Attorney General [[Francis Biddle]]'s efforts against "vermin" publications.<ref>{{cite news |title= Mails Barred to "Social Justice" |url= http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19420415&id=SzsNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2530,6670133
After America's entry into [[World War II]], Coughlin's broadcasts were ended by the [[National Association of Broadcasters]]. In 1942, the periodical's second class mailing permit was revoked under the [[Espionage Act of 1917]] as part of Attorney General [[Francis Biddle]]'s efforts against "vermin" publications.<ref>{{cite news |title= Mails Barred to "Social Justice" |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19420415&id=SzsNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2530,6670133
|newspaper= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |location= Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date= 15 April 1942 |pages= 1–2 |accessdate= 1 January 2010 |quote= }}
|newspaper= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |location= Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date= 15 April 1942 |pages= 1–2 |accessdate= 1 January 2010 }}
</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last= Stone |first= Goeffrey R. |year= 2004 |title= Free Speech in World War II: When are you going to indict the seditionists? |journal=International Journal of Constitutional Law}}</ref><ref name="timecom1942">{{ cite web | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849845,00.html | title = The Press: Coughlin Quits - TIME | date = 1942-05-18 | accessdate = 2011-03-13 | publisher = time.com }}</ref>
</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last= Stone |first= Geoffrey R. |year= 2004 |title= Free Speech in World War II: When are you going to indict the seditionists? |journal=International Journal of Constitutional Law|volume= 2 |issue= 2 |pages= 334–367 |doi= 10.1093/icon/2.2.334 |doi-access= free }}</ref><ref name="timecom1942">{{cite web | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849845,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101014180328/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849845,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 14, 2010 | title = The Press: Coughlin Quits - TIME | date = 1942-05-18 | access-date = 2011-03-13 | publisher = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] }}</ref> The paper remained available on newsstands in cities such as Boston, where it was distributed by private delivery trucks.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Stephen H. |last1=Norwood |author-link=Stephen H. Norwood |journal=American Jewish History |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |title=Marauding Youth and the Christian Front: Antisemitic Violence in Boston and New York During World War II |date=2003 |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=233–267 |doi=10.1353/ajh.2004.0055 |jstor=23887201 |s2cid=162237834 }}</ref>

==See also==
*{{section link|Charles Coughlin|Newspaper shutdown and end of political activities}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:43, 17 November 2024

Not to be confused with Social Justice (journal).
Social Justice
A Michigan couple listens to the radio
and reads Father Coughlin's newspaper
Social Justice (1939).
TypeWeekly
Owner(s)Thomas J. Coughlin
Amelia Coughlin
PublisherNational Union for Social Justice
EditorCharles Coughlin
E. Perrin Schwartz
Staff writersCora Quinlan
FoundedMarch 13, 1936
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication1942
HeadquartersRoyal Oak, Michigan
Circulation200,000
OCLC number01773391

Social Justice was a topical political periodical published by Father Charles Coughlin from 1936 to 1942.[1]

History

[edit]
Social Justice being sold on the streets of New York City (July 1939)

Social Justice was controversial for printing antisemitic polemics such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Coughlin claimed that Marxist atheism in Europe was a Jewish plot against America. The December 5, 1938, issue of Social Justice included an article by Coughlin which reportedly closely resembled a speech made by Joseph Goebbels on September 13, 1935, attacking Jews and Communists, with some sections being copied verbatim by Coughlin from an English translation of the Goebbels speech. Coughlin, however, stated, "Nothing can be gained by linking ourselves with any organization which is engaged in agitating racial animosities or propagating racial hatreds."[2] Furthermore, in an interview with Eddie Doherty, Coughlin stated: "My purpose is to help eradicate from the world its mania for persecution, to help align all good men. Catholic and Protestant, Jew and Gentile, Christian and non-Christian, in a battle to stamp out the ferocity, the barbarism and the hate of this bloody era. I want the good Jews with me, and I'm called a Jew baiter, an anti-Semite."[3]

After America's entry into World War II, Coughlin's broadcasts were ended by the National Association of Broadcasters. In 1942, the periodical's second class mailing permit was revoked under the Espionage Act of 1917 as part of Attorney General Francis Biddle's efforts against "vermin" publications.[4][5][6] The paper remained available on newsstands in cities such as Boston, where it was distributed by private delivery trucks.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Crackdown on Coughlin". TIME. 27 April 1942. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ The New York Times, Feb. 27, 1939
  3. ^ Charles Edward Coughlin. Spartacus-Educational.com Archived 2009-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Mails Barred to "Social Justice"". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 15 April 1942. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  5. ^ Stone, Geoffrey R. (2004). "Free Speech in World War II: When are you going to indict the seditionists?". International Journal of Constitutional Law. 2 (2): 334–367. doi:10.1093/icon/2.2.334.
  6. ^ "The Press: Coughlin Quits - TIME". Time. 1942-05-18. Archived from the original on October 14, 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  7. ^ Norwood, Stephen H. (2003). "Marauding Youth and the Christian Front: Antisemitic Violence in Boston and New York During World War II". American Jewish History. 91 (2). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 233–267. doi:10.1353/ajh.2004.0055. JSTOR 23887201. S2CID 162237834.
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