Episode 120 - Labor Day and Chicago - The Haymarket Tragedy and the Pullman Strike

On this episode we discuss a few things you may not know about Labor Day and Chicago’s role in how Labor Day as a holiday came to be.

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Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America by James Green
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The Haymarket Tragedy by Paul Avrich
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The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, The Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America by Jack Kelly
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Music Used in The Production of This Episode Includes:

Moments Of Despair  by Rafael Krux
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