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Part One: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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The Only Way to End the Confederacy Was Violence

In the 18 and fifties and sixties, chicago is a boom town. It grew from four thousand people to 90 thousand people over 20 years. The rich were not going to give up their hoarded wealth without at least the threat of violence. "The thing that had to end the confederacy was violence on a terrific scale"

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