1913 Massacre

A Story by Woodie Guthrie

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[ajgolfer1]

rosa parks?

[oneclearcall4me]

This video is a tribute to many of the women who fought the good fight for all of us. How could I neglect Rosa?

[tedsplitter]

73 people died: 11 adults and 62 children. In the months before, the company called in the national guard to attack pickets. The Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. controlled the police, the council, the courts and the church. The company boss, James MacNaughton, founded a vigilante group called the Citizens Alliance which was responsible for the tragedy at Italian Hall. He was paid $83,000 a yr while the miners received $2-$3 for a 10hr day. History is full of scum like him. I know which side I'm on.

[kristi1717]

First of all, moron, learn how to spell. Second, my great grandfather was there that night w/my then young grandfather-he wasn't a 'terrorist', just a guy trying to make a living. 3rd, Guthrie was a Genius. Go f**k youself.

[billrakis]

Head of the strike was Tikas Louis. Louis Tikas (Luis Tikas or Elias Spantidakis ) was a Greek from Crete, a trade unionist who was murdered in 1914 in Colorado USA during a monumental labor strike in the mines. The memory is still alive in American unions.In Rethymnon, place of origin, to his credit, there Spantidakis Elias Street. The Tikas soon acquired the confidence of employees and becoming a leading figure. The "Louis the Greek" or Leo the Cretan, was called as a legend....

[noweedman]

@ZEITGEISTism tie these greedy bastard to "their" belongings they have stolen from those that slaved for them and dump the wohle bundle of shit in the golf; give´em a taste of their own medicine. the sooner the better.

the more slaves they find the bigger the power to exploit new slaves. stop slaving for them

[noweedman]

@tedsplitter

[TruegrassBoy]

What the hell does Rosa Parks have to do with union people being slaughtered by corporate scabs??