THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. March 28, 1956 

* "Daily Worker" Communist publication raided by IRS
* Assault on the First Amendment ? - Cold War era 

The top of the front page has a five column headline: "TOP MASS. RED SEIZED; TAX RAIDS PROTESTED" with subheads that include: "Daily Worker, Party Offices are padlocked" and more. (see images) 
Complete with all 40 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

background: The 1956 seizure of the Daily Worker remains one of the most chilling "stealth" assaults on the First Amendment in American history, serving as a masterclass in how government agencies can weaponize bureaucracy to bypass the Constitution. While the raid was masked as a mundane tax dispute over a $46,000 bill, its true objective was a surgical strike against political dissent: by padlocking the press and seizing internal records, the IRS effectively acted as a surveillance arm for the Cold War security state, aiming to harvest a "hit list" of subscribers and donors. This wasn't just a crackdown on a fringe communist paper; it was a dangerous legal precedent that proved the government could silence any unpopular voice not through public censorship, but through the quiet, lethal application of financial strangulation. The fact that the staff still managed to publish the next day from a secret location transforms this event into an enduring symbol of journalistic defiance, reminding us that the freedom of the press is only as strong as its ability to withstand the weight of the state’s pocketbook.