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Omaha Steve

(103,297 posts)
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 10:03 PM Dec 2015

12-3-15 Dissenters Jailed in 2:00


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/december-3-dissenters-jailed/




December 3, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1916. That was the day that seven Australian members of the Industrial Workers of the World were sentenced to fifteen years in prison for their antiwar efforts during World War I. Other IWW members were sentenced to as many as five and ten years each.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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