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Joe Wilson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:California
Support
Communism
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Biography

Joe Wilson was the San Francisco district secretary of the International Labor Defense, arrested during the 1934 waterfront and general strike on a charge of conspiracy to obstruct justice, amid the July 1934 vigilante and police raids that swept up Communist and ILD organizers across California.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy to obstruct justice (general strike)
Arrested: July 1934
Sentence: Held on high bail; released on his own recognizance.
Convicted: Arrested, 1934