As some of you probably know, Labor Day was first celebrated here in the United States in 1882. It wasn’t, however, made a national holiday until 1894, in the wake of a bloody strike by employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company, an Illinois-based manufacturer of luxury rail cars. It all began when the company, […]
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Happy Labor Day… you Socialist sons of bitches
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, History Also tagged 1894, 40 hour work week, American Railway Union, ARU, Chicago, child labor, coal mines, Colombian Exposition, company towns, Eugene Debs, federal troops, Governor Altgeld, Grover Cleveland, Illinois, Interstate commerce act, Jackson Park, Kansas Heritage Group, Labor Day, labor history, mail, National Guard, national holidays, OSHA, Peter S. Grosscup, property destruction, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman strike, Rail, revolt, Richard Olney, Sherman anti-trust act, strikebreakers, strikes, the threat of Socialism, unions, William A. Woods 12 Comments
Sex and Riots in Ann Arbor
The Ann Arbor Chronicle has an interesting historical piece today on the June 1969 youth riots that took place in Ann Arbor. The incredibly detailed article, which includes some great photos as well, was written by a fellow named Alan Glenn, who is currently at work on a documentary about Ann Arbor in the ’60s. […]
Autos, Infrastructure and Ray LaHood
Today’s New York Times Magazine is all about infrastructure. I’m about to dig into an article on the high-speed rail line planned between Los Angeles and San Francisco, but before I do, I wanted to pass along a quick link to a very brief interview with Ray LaHood, the former Republican Congressman who now serves […]
Posted in Politics, Rail, Sustainability Also tagged cars, election rigging, George Will, high-speed rail, infrastructure, Iran, livable communities, Los Angeles to San Francisco rail, mass transit, Orange Revolution, Ray LaHood, secretary of behavior modification, Secretary of Transportation, small glimmers of hope, the American way of life is nonnegotiable, three-car garages are un-American, Tiananmen Square, Ukraine 4 Comments