Political commitment Politically, Dreiser was involved in several campaigns defending radicals he believed victims of social injustice. These included the lynching of Frank Little, one of the leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, the deportation of Emma Goldman, and the conviction of the trade union leader Thomas Mooney. In November 1931, Dreiser led the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners (NCDPP) to the coalfields of southeastern Kentucky to take testimony from miners in Pineville and Harlan on the pattern of violence against the miners and their unions by the coal operators. The pattern of violence was known as the Harlan County War.
Political commitment Politically Dreiser was involved in several campaigns defending radicals he believed victims of social injustice These included the lynching of Frank Little one of the leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World the Sacco and Vanzetti case the deportation of Emma Goldman and the conviction of the trade union leader Thomas Mooney In November 1931 Dreiser led the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners (NCDPP) to the coalfields of southeastern Kentucky to take testimony from miners in Pineville and Harlan on the pattern of violence against the miners and their unions by the coal operators The pattern of violence was known as the Harlan County War