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- Anon
In the United States between 1914 and 1920, one of the greatest armed revolutionary offensives of the 20th century was unleashed against the governmental, judicial, industrial and financial institutions of the most important capitalist country on the planet. These direct actions weren't the work of the militant factions of a political party or of a more or less radical mass movement, but of a handful of anarchists who had emigrated from Italy at the turn of the century.
A thrilling history of the deadliest years of the American labor movement’s struggle against the wild exploitation of the early 1900s. These were the years of the Ludlow Massacre, where 21 striking miners, including women and children were murdered by the Colorado National Guard, shot and burned in their tents. As battles between working people and the robber barons of industry were racking up the lives of hundreds of working people across the country, a small contingent of mostly immigrant anarchists decided to strike back. This book explains how, and why the vengeful angels of anarchy were able to put the fear of hell into some of the richest and most powerful of the American lords of industry, how that shaped American labor politics, and why that history has been erased.
- Anon
In the United States between 1914 and 1920, one of the greatest armed revolutionary offensives of the 20th century was unleashed against the governmental, judicial, industrial and financial institutions of the most important capitalist country on the planet. These direct actions weren't the work of the militant factions of a political party or of a more or less radical mass movement, but of a handful of anarchists who had emigrated from Italy at the turn of the century.
A thrilling history of the deadliest years of the American labor movement’s struggle against the wild exploitation of the early 1900s. These were the years of the Ludlow Massacre, where 21 striking miners, including women and children were murdered by the Colorado National Guard, shot and burned in their tents. As battles between working people and the robber barons of industry were racking up the lives of hundreds of working people across the country, a small contingent of mostly immigrant anarchists decided to strike back. This book explains how, and why the vengeful angels of anarchy were able to put the fear of hell into some of the richest and most powerful of the American lords of industry, how that shaped American labor politics, and why that history has been erased.