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Hellraisers Journal – Wednesday September 14, 1910
Boss’ Uniformed Thugs on Labor Day and on the Day After
From the Spokane Industrial Worker of September 10, 1910:
For years past it has been the habit of the A. F. of L. to allow the boss’ uniformed clubbers to lead the parade on Labor (?) Day. It is fitting that an institution of the boss, such as the A. F. of L., should be marshaled by the police, who are likewise of, for and by the boss. All nature is a paradox, but certainly none is more paradoxical than that men, presumably organized to fight the boss, organize to separate and to protect the boss’ property, and lastly be led in their line of march by the very force that is used to club them into submission when out on strike. It is a sign of the times that, through the efforts of a few militant members of the Cooks and Waiters, the police were eliminated from this year’s parade in Spokane. [Emphasis added.]
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[Detail: Labor Day.]
[Detail: Day After.]
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SOURCE & IMAGES
Quote Joe Hill, Murderers Slaughter Our Class, IW p3, Aug 27, 1910
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/industrialworker/iw/v2n23-w75-aug-27-1910-IW.pdf
Industrial Worker
(Spokane, Washington)
-Sept 10, 1910
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/industrialworker/iw/v2n25-w77-sep-10-1910-IW.pdf
See also:
From IWW
“Workers Power Against Police Brutality and Racist Terror”
By the Life Long Wobbly – January 18, 2016
https://archive.iww.org/content/workers-power-against-police-brutality-and-racist-terror/
From Labor Notes
“Chicago Unions Demand to Defund Police and Fund Health Care for All”
July 07, 2020 / Dennis Kosuth
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2020/07/chicago-unions-demand-defund-police-and-fund-health-care-all
From Labor Notes
“Why and How SEIU Members Are Calling on Our Union to Expel Cops”
July 10, 2020 / Felix Thomson, Julia Wallace & Mark Ostapiak
https://labornotes.org/blogs/2020/07/why-and-how-seiu-members-are-calling-our-union-expel-cops
From Labor Notes
“Why a Local Labor Council Just Expelled the Seattle Police Guild”
June 12, 2020 / Alexandra Bradbury
https://labornotes.org/2020/06/why-local-labor-council-just-expelled-seattle-police-guild
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The Popular Wobbly – The Grand Industrial Band
Lyrics by T-Bone Slim