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...antagonistic to an established order of government. There is no question that the U.S. has a long and frequently dishonorable history of persecuting its citizens who hold unpopular opinions. The record reaches back past the Joseph McCarthy era to Sacco and Vanzetti, the Palmer raids, the Wobblies, and the Haymarket trial of 1887. There is also the ambiguous case of the Utah Mormons, who were persecuted in the late 19th century for the "crime" of practicing polygamy, then a canon of their faith. In a certain sense, those Latter-day Saints arrested for refusing to divorce their several wives could...
...Haymarket in Chicago police broke up a peaceful rally by the Knights of Labor to protest the murder by police several days before of Jour union men who had been striking for an eight-hour day. As the police went sweeping through the crowd, a bomb exploded. Chaos developed: police opened fire on the demonstrators. Sixty-seven police were wounded and seven died; casualties among the demonstrators were three times that. Police blamed anarchists for the bombing, and to prove it, they planted dynamite in their homes before they arrested them. The anarchists said that the bomb was thrown...
...Haymarket in Chicago, police broke up a peaceful rally by the Knights of Labor to protest the murder by police several days before of four union men who had been striking for an eight-hour day. As the police went sweeping through the crowd, a bomb exploded. Chaos developed: police opened fire on the demonstrators. Sixty-seven police were wounded and seven died; casualties among the demonstrators were three times that. Police blamed anarchists for the bombing, and to prove it, they planted dynamite in their homes before they arrested them. The anarchists said that the bomb was thrown...
...Progressive Labor Party (PLP), which describes itself as a "revolutionary communist party," and is dedicated to "fighting for world communism." is organizing a march to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Paris Commune. Mayday is a traditional holiday in Socialist countries, and among communist parties. Chicago's very own Haymarket Massacre gave rise to the celebration, a fact that rarely gets into high school American history texts. Marching in New York with militant radicals on May I, even if you disagree with their political analysis and organization, is likely to have more effect on the building of socialism...
...warning of a new outbreak by the dynamite extremists came just a day after the dust from the first explosion at Haymarket Square had cleared. Youth International Party (Yippie) spokesmen in New York produced a tape recording, reportedly sent from Chicago, claiming that the Haymarket blast was the beginning of "a fall offensive of youth resistance that will spread from Santa Barbara to Boston, back to Kent and Kansas." The speaker was identified as Fugitive Bernardine Dohrn, 28, who is accused of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for assault and participating in mob actions. She has been in hiding since...