Nov 11 2008
Subversive Historian – 11/11/08
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The Haymarket Martyrs by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and twenty-one years ago on this day in people’s history, four martyrs of the Haymarket Riot were executed by the state. On November 11th, 1887 anarchist labor organizers Albert Parsons, August Spies, Adolph Fischer and George Engel were all put to death before the hangman’s noose after a dubious …
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The Haymarket Martyrs by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman
One-hundred and twenty-one years ago on this day in people’s history, four martyrs of the Haymarket Riot were executed by the state. On November 11th, 1887 anarchist labor organizers Albert Parsons, August Spies, Adolph Fischer and George Engel were all put to death before the hangman’s noose after a dubious …
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