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On March 19, 1917, the Supreme Court upheld the Adamson Act, passed the year before and which created the eight hour day on the railroad. This was a shocking decision that created the principle of the federal government intervening in the labor conditions of private industry. Workers had pushed for the eight-hour day going back […]
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On February 16, 1931, the Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association reduced wages for miners in that part of eastern Kentucky by 10 percent. In response, the United Mine Workers of America attempted to organize the miners. Violence erupted that would periodically repeat itself for the next eight years. The Harlan County Coal War is one […]
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On January 16, 1920, those arrested in the vile anti-communist Palmer Raids were allowed to see legal representation at their deportation hearings. This is a moment to discuss the Red Scare and just how out of control the government violations of leftists’ civil liberties was after World War I. The nation barely tolerated anything it […]
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On January 3, 1921, the right-wing Supreme Court threw issued its decision in Duplex Printing Press Co v. Deering. In this case, the Court threw out protections for secondary boycotts that were codified in the Clayton Act. In doing so, the Court once again proved the enemy of unions and the American working class in […]
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