We're joined by Brandon from Cars and Comrades to talk about the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, Steel City Solidarity, the only time a cop was based, and some current events and how it all ties together. Oh, and burning railcars of whisky, coke and oil being rolled downhill at class traitors.
Sources:
The great railroad strike, 1877 - Howard Zinn | libcom.org
The First Great Depression: The Panic of 1873 – StMU Research Scholars (stmuscholars.org)
Causes and Effects of The Panic of 1873 (positivenegativeimpact.com)
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877: A militant legacy of workers’ struggle – Liberation School
Great 1877 Strike showed class-struggle road for US workers – The Militant
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