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Mill Town Under Siege: Everett, Washington–1916 (Conclusion)

Posted on November 6, 2016 by jpkenna

November 5, 1916 Hearing the gunshots above, most apparently coming from the dock, the sound of men falling, Mike–in the engine room of the Verona–realizes they must back away from the dock, or they could all be killed. But he … Continue reading →

Posted in Everett WA, history, labor, social protest | Tagged Ernest C. Marsh, Everett Commercial Club, Everett Massacre, Harry Ault, IWW, Mt. Pleasant Cemetary, Seattle Mayor Hiram Gill, Seattle Union Record, Sheriff Donald McRae, Shingle Weavers' Union, Snohomish County, SS Verona, steamboats | Leave a comment

The I.W.W. is 110 Years Old

Posted on June 29, 2015 by jpkenna

By the 1890s, in reaction to the unprecedented power concentration of corporations, a labor movement had formed. The Railroad Brotherhoods and the American Federation of Labor (A.F.L.) dominated the movement, divided into crafts. Eugene Debs in the early 1890s formed … Continue reading →

Posted in history, labor, Socialism, writing | Tagged AFL, AFL-CIO, Big Bill Haywood, CIO, Daniel DeLeon, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Espionage Act, Eugene Debs, Father Thomas Hagerty, FBI, Free Speech Movement, Great Northern Strike, HUAC, IWW, J. Edgar Hoover, Lawrence Strike, Paterson Strike, Pullman Strike, Sedition Act, Vincent S. John, Wobblies, Woodrow Wilson, World War One | Leave a comment

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