@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 18 hours agoMiners showing a bomb dropped on them via airplane by company thugs, Battle of Blair Mountain, USA, 1921lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1301
arrow-up1301imageMiners showing a bomb dropped on them via airplane by company thugs, Battle of Blair Mountain, USA, 1921lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 18 hours agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-square@Sanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish26•17 hours agoIts crazy they dont even talk about this in American schools. They attribute it to Henry Ford.
minus-square@PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish12•17 hours agoLived in a liberal state, but when I was in high school, they attributed it to the Wobblies and left it at that.
minus-square@Sanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•17 hours agoThey really just pulled whatever out their asses huh?
minus-square@PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish11•17 hours 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-square@SatyrSacklinkEnglish7•12 hours 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.