Today in Labor History May 3, 1920: A young anarchist printer, Andreas Salsedo, “fell” to his death from a 14th story window of an FBI detention room in New York City. He had been arrested during the anti-commie raids launched by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer. The FBI claimed it was suicide. Activists said he was thrown.

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Today in Labor History April 26, 1960: Students and workers forced South Korean President Syngman Rhee to resign after 12 years of dictatorial rule. The protests began on April 11 after the police killed a high school student. The student’s skull had been split by a tear gas canister. On April 19, the police shot into a demonstration of 100,000 people in Seoul, killing 180 people. They killed 186 people, overall, during the two weeks of demonstrations. Rhee fled to the U.S.

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Today in Labor History April 19, 1913: Modestino Valentino, a bystander, was shot and killed by company detectives during a conflict between IWW strikers and scabs in Patterson, N.J., during the infamous Silk Strike, which the workers ultimately lost on July 28, 1913. During the strike, 1,850 workers were arrested, including Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Big Bill Haywood.

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Today in Labor History April 17, 1996: Brazilian police attacked 2,000 landless peasants, killing 19 and wounding 69. Over 1,000 would be killed in similar protests throughout the 1990s.

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Today In Labor History April 4, 1968: James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee. King was in Memphis to support the sanitation workers’ strike that had started in February, 1968, for better working conditions and higher pay. The strike began 2 weeks after 2 workers were crushed to death when their truck malfunctioned, intensifying the already high level of frustration and anger over working conditions and safety. King led a protest march on March 28. Over 20,000 kids cut class to join the demonstration. Some members of the march began smashing downtown windows and looting. The cops intervened with mace, tear gas, clubs and live gunfire, killing 16-year-old Larry Paine, who had his hands in the air when he was shot. On April 3, one day before his assassination, King gave his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech.

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Today in Labor History March 5, 1917: Members of the IWW went on trial in Everett, Washington for the Everett Massacre, which occurred on November 5, 1916. In reality, they were the victims of an assault by a mob of drunken, vigilantes, led by Sheriff McRae. The IWW members had come to support the 5-month long strike by shingle workers. When their boat, the Verona, arrived, the Sheriff asked who their leader was. They replied, “We are all leaders.” Then the vigilantes began firing at their boat. They killed 12 IWW members and 2 of their own, who they accidentally shot in the back. Before the killings, 40 IWW street speakers had been taken by deputies to Beverly Park, where they were brutally beaten and run out of town. In his “USA” trilogy, John Dos Passos mentions Everett as “no place for the working man.” And Jack Kerouac references the Everett Massacre in his novel, “Dharma Bums.”

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Today in Labor History February 16, 1885: The Knights of Labor struck Jay Gould’s Wabash Railroad when he fired members of their union. The strike tied up the entire line in the Southwest. Members of the union on other railroad lines refused to operate any trains with Wabash cars on it. Gould eventually agreed not to discriminate any more against members of the union. As a result, membership in The Knights of Labor swelled. When they struck again in 1886, at least 10 people were killed. The strike unraveled within a couple of months, leading to the demise of the union.

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Ten year old meme still fresh.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/eishia-hudson-fatality-inquest-winnipeg-police-9.7070897

It's about time. What happened to #eishiahudson should never have happened to anyone. She was only 16. :(

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Today in Labor History January 13, 1894: Anarchist workers in the marble quarries of Lunigiana Sicily rose up in revolt in support of the Fasci Siciliani (Sicilian Leagues). These were among the most exploited and abused workers in Italy at the time. Many were ex-convicts. The Fasci Siciliani, a socialist movement popular from 1891-1894, had risen up against taxes on basic commodities, like bread, and for land reform. The prime minister declared a state of emergency and deployed soldiers and carabinieri. As they tried to disperse the crowd, shooting broke out, killing a carabinieri and a protester, while injuring several others. Protesters attacked the police stations and stole weapons and burned down the tax building. On January 16, the government declared a state of siege. The surrounded the town with soldiers. They fired into the crowd, killing eleven protesters. The authorities arrested hundreds of protesters. They sentenced anarchist Luigi Molinari to 23 years in prison. Later that year, an anarchist killed French President Carnot, while another anarchist attempted to kill Italian Prime Minister, Crespi.

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