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5-4-16 The Day that Changed the World in 2:00
A good companion piece to Merrily's post.
http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/may-4-the-day-that-changed-the-world/
May 4, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. That evening a worker’s rally in Chicago Illinois became known as the Haymarket Tragedy. On May 1, workers from across the city and country had held massive rallies for the eight-hour day. Two days later,the police had fired into a crowd of workers on strike outside of the McCormick Reaper plant in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen.
2:00 minute audio at link.
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