| Type | weekly |
|---|---|
| Owner | Thomas J. Coughlin and Amelia Coughlin |
| Publisher | National Union of Social Justice |
| Editor | Charles Coughlin, E. Perrin Schwartz |
| Staff writers | Cora Quinlan |
| Founded | 13 March 1936 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 1942 |
| Headquarters | Royal Oak, Michigan |
| Circulation | 200,000 |
| OCLC number | 01773391 |
Social Justice was a periodical published by Father Coughlin in the 1930s and early 1940s.[1] It 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, atheists and communists, with some sections being copied verbatim by Coughlin from an English translation of the Goebbels speech. Coughlin also stated "Nothing can be gained by linking ourselves with any organization which is engaged in agitating racial animosities or propagating racial hatreds." (NY TImes, Feb. 27, 1939). Furthermore, in an interview with Edward Doherty of The Liberty magazine, Coughlin states:
"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."[2]
After America's entry into WWII, 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 In 1942, the periodical's second class mailing permit was revoked under the Espionage Act of 1917 as part of Attorney General Francis Biddles efforts against 'vermin' publications.[3][4][5]