Today in Labor History July 27, 1918: Miner and union organizer Ginger Goodwin was shot by a hired private cop outside Cumberland, British Columbia sparking Canada's first General Strike. He was a labor activist and a member of the Socialist Party of Canada. Additionally, he was an antiwar activist who said that workers of one country should not be employed to kill workers of another country because of capitalist conflict. “War is simply part of the process of Capitalism,” he said. “Big financial interests will reap the victory, no matter how the war ends.” However, in spite of his protests, he was still drafted to fight in the First World War. In order to avoid conscription, he fled into the mountains, where he was murdered by a cop in 1918. Canada’s first General Strike began in response.

https://youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs

The Ballad Of Ginger Goodwin

Ginger Goodwin is a name you don't often hear or see.
They don't say a word about him in our country's history.
He was a labour leader and he wouldn't go to war.
"While the army breaks our strikes at home, its strikers I'll fight for."

In Trail back in the summer of 1917.
Ginger fought against conscription even though he was class D.
But when he led a miners' strike to spread the eight hour day
Conscription checked him out again and found he was class A.

Ginger hid from cops and soldiers in the hills near Cumberland.
Miners brought him food and sheltered him, they knew he was their friend.
So the bosses hired special cops when their power was at stake.
Dan Campbell murdered Goodwin at the head of Comox Lake.

The whole damn town of Cumberland turned out for the funeral hike.
Vancouver's workers shut her down for a one day general strike.
Soldiers back from foreign wars then attacked the labour hall.
Both the bosses and the workers knew who caused the Czar's downfall.

You can still see Ginger's grave along the road to Cumberland.
He didn't win no medals and no one understands.
Don't tell me that a hero has to die in foreign lands.
We lost heroes here in labour's wars and they all had dirty hands.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #gingergoodwin #canada #union #strike #miners #antiwar #police #policebrutality #folkmusic #generalstrike #socialism #onebigunion

Today in Labor History May 10, 1887: UMW organizer Ginger Goodwin was born on this date. He was also a socialist and anti-war activist. In 1918, he was murdered by a private cop. His assassination, along with outrage over World War One conscription, inflation, low wages, and censorship of the socialist media, sparked Canada's first General Strike, in Vancouver. Goodwin said that workers of one country should not be employed to kill workers of another country because of capitalist conflict. “War is simply part of the process of Capitalism,” he said. “Big financial interests will reap the victory, no matter how the war ends.”

The Ballad Of Ginger Goodwin

Ginger Goodwin is a name you don't often hear or see.
They don't say a word about him in our country's history.
He was a labour leader and he wouldn't go to war.
"While the army breaks our strikes at home, its strikers I'll fight for."

In Trail back in the summer of 1917.
Ginger fought against conscription even though he was class D.
But when he led a miners' strike to spread the eight hour day
Conscription checked him out again and found he was class A.

Ginger hid from cops and soldiers in the hills near Cumberland.
Miners brought him food and sheltered him, they knew he was their friend.
So the bosses hired special cops when their power was at stake.
Dan Campbell murdered Goodwin at the head of Comox Lake.

The whole damn town of Cumberland turned out for the funeral hike.
Vancouver's workers shut her down for a one day general strike.
Soldiers back from foreign wars then attacked the labour hall.
Both the bosses and the workers knew who caused the Czar's downfall.

You can still see Ginger's grave along the road to Cumberland.
He didn't win no medals and no one understands.
Don't tell me that a hero has to die in foreign lands.
We lost heroes here in labour's wars and they all had dirty hands.

https://youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs

#workingclass #LaborHistory #generalstrike #union #umw #gingergoodwin #policebrutality #police #canada #censorship #freespeech #wages #inflation #GeneralStrike #vancouver #antiwar #classwar #solidarity #folkmusic #labormusic

Everyone MUST know the story of #GingerGoodwin, #resistance

“The Spirit of Ginger Goodwin”
CHARLIE ANGUS / THE RESISTANCE
APR 16
https://open.substack.com/pub/charlieangus/p/conjuring-the-spirit-of-ginger-goodwin?r=1i4x2t&utm_medium=ios

Today in Labor History August 2, 1918: Canada’s first General Strike occurred in Vancouver as a one-day protest over the assassination of WWI resister and labor activist Ginger Goodwin. Canadian workers had been calling for a General Strike for months because of their outrage over conscription, censorship of socialist media, inflation and low wages. They were also inspired by Bolshevik Revolution. There was considerable right-wing backlash against the workers, particularly by soldiers, who attacked the Labor Temple.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #vancouver #generalstrike #gingergoodwin #police #policemurder #union #PoliceBrutality #Revolution #communism #socialism

Today in Labor History July 27, 1918: Miner and union organizer Ginger Goodwin was shot by a hired private cop outside Cumberland, British Columbia sparking Canada's first General Strike. He was a labor activist and a member of the Socialist Party of Canada. Additionally, he was an antiwar activist who said that workers of one country should not be employed to kill workers of another country because of capitalist conflict. “War is simply part of the process of Capitalism,” he said. “Big financial interests will reap the victory, no matter how the war ends.” However, in spite of his protests, he was still drafted to fight in the First World War. In order to avoid conscription, he fled into the mountains, where he was murdered by a cop in 1918. Canada’s first General Strike began in response.

https://youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs

The Ballad Of Ginger Goodwin

Ginger Goodwin is a name you don't often hear or see.
They don't say a word about him in our country's history.
He was a labour leader and he wouldn't go to war.
"While the army breaks our strikes at home, its strikers I'll fight for."

In Trail back in the summer of 1917.
Ginger fought against conscription even though he was class D.
But when he led a miners' strike to spread the eight hour day
Conscription checked him out again and found he was class A.

Ginger hid from cops and soldiers in the hills near Cumberland.
Miners brought him food and sheltered him, they knew he was their friend.
So the bosses hired special cops when their power was at stake.
Dan Campbell murdered Goodwin at the head of Comox Lake.

The whole damn town of Cumberland turned out for the funeral hike.
Vancouver's workers shut her down for a one day general strike.
Soldiers back from foreign wars then attacked the labour hall.
Both the bosses and the workers knew who caused the Czar's downfall.

You can still see Ginger's grave along the road to Cumberland.
He didn't win no medals and no one understands.
Don't tell me that a hero has to die in foreign lands.
We lost heroes here in labour's wars and they all had dirty hands.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #gingergoodwin #canada #union #strike #miners #antiwar #police #policebrutality #folkmusic #generalstrike #socialism #onebigunion

Today in Labor History May 10, 1887: UMW organizer Ginger Goodwin was born on this date. He was also a socialist and anti-war activist. He was murdered by a private cop sparking Canada's first General Strike. https://youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs

#workingclass #LaborHistory #generalstrike #union #umw #gingergoodwin #policebrutality #police #canada

Today in Labor History August 2, 1918: Canada’s first General Strike occurred in Vancouver as a one-day protest over the assassination of WWI resister and labor activist Ginger Goodwin. Canadian workers had been calling for a General Strike for months because of their outrage over conscription, censorship of socialist media, inflation and low wages. They were also inspired by Bolshevik Revolution. There was considerable right-wing backlash against the workers, particularly by soldiers, who attacked the Labor Temple.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #vancouver #GeneralStrike #GingerGoodwin #police #PoliceMurder #union #PoliceBrutality #Revolution #communism #socialism

Today in Labor History July 27, 1918: Miner and union organizer Ginger Goodwin was shot by a hired private cop outside Cumberland, British Columbia sparking Canada's first General Strike. He was a labor activist and a member of the Socialist Party of Canada. Additionally, he was an antiwar activist who said that workers of one country should not be employed to kill workers of another country because of capitalist conflict. “War is simply part of the process of Capitalism,” he said. “Big financial interests will reap the victory, no matter how the war ends.” However, in spite of his protests, he was still drafted to fight in the First World War. In order to avoid conscription, he fled into the mountains, where he was murdered by a cop in 1918. Canada’s first General Strike began in response.

https://youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #GingerGoodwin #miners #union #strike #GeneralStrike #BritishColumbia #canada #vancouver #police #PoliceMurder #antiwar #PoliceBrutality

Today in Labor History May 10, 1887: UMW organizer Ginger Goodwin was born on this date. He was also a socialist and anti-war activist. He was murdered by a private cop sparking Canada's first General Strike.

https://youtu.be/GrwUueuW6rs

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #GeneralStrike #union #umw #GingerGoodwin #PoliceBrutality #Police