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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

SheriffBob

(552 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2016, 08:54 PM Jul 2016

Haymarket Riot

It's like the Alamo of labor struggles.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Haymarket-Riot

"Haymarket Riot, also called Haymarket Affair or Haymarket Massacre, violent confrontation between police and labour protesters in Chicago on May 4, 1886, that became a symbol of the international struggle for workers’ rights. It has been associated with May Day (May 1) since its designation as International Workers’ Day by the Second International in 1889."

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merrily

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Thu Jul 21, 2016, 11:39 AM

Jul 2016

The Haymarket Affair - 130 years ago today (posted May 1, 2016)
http://www.democratic underground.com/11179109

The Haymarket Massacre, or, Why most of the world celebrates Labor Day on May 1 and you don't.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12779941

What is Labor Day About?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10246022

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