Soon after the United States became involved in World War I, the federal government began its prosecution of avant-garde socialist magazine The Masses for anti-war activity. Among those charged was cartoonist Art Young, who also contributed to several IWW publications.
Art Young’s dangerous cartoons
![cartoon by Art Young portraying a capitalist inferno](https://i0.wp.com/freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ay3.png?fit=358%2C437&ssl=1)