PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMiners showing a bomb dropped on them via airplane by company thugs, Battle of Blair Mountain, USA, 1921lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down11
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoLived in a liberal state, but when I was in high school, they attributed it to the Wobblies and left it at that.
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThey really just pulled whatever out their asses huh?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoI mean, the Wobblies were a big part of the labor movement which achieved the 40-hour workweek. It’s just a mixture of “Glossing over” and “Complex background reduced to the most prominent actor regardless of whether it’s the right one”
minus-squareSatyrSack@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI think they mean that the “Wobblies” and the “Pinkertons” just sound like a bunch of cartoon characters or something.
Lived in a liberal state, but when I was in high school, they attributed it to the Wobblies and left it at that.
They really just pulled whatever out their asses huh?
I mean, the Wobblies were a big part of the labor movement which achieved the 40-hour workweek. It’s just a mixture of “Glossing over” and “Complex background reduced to the most prominent actor regardless of whether it’s the right one”
I think they mean that the “Wobblies” and the “Pinkertons” just sound like a bunch of cartoon characters or something.