PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoMiners showing a bomb dropped on them via airplane by company thugs, Battle of Blair Mountain, USA, 1921lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1332arrow-down11
arrow-up1331arrow-down1imageMiners showing a bomb dropped on them via airplane by company thugs, Battle of Blair Mountain, USA, 1921lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·12 days agoIts crazy they dont even talk about this in American schools. They attribute it to Henry Ford.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·12 days 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-up6·12 days agoThey really just pulled whatever out their asses huh?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·12 days 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-up9·12 days agoI think they mean that the “Wobblies” and the “Pinkertons” just sound like a bunch of cartoon characters or something.
Its crazy they dont even talk about this in American schools. They attribute it to Henry Ford.
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.