
Part Two: The Haymarket Affair: The Bomb & the Eight-Hour Workday
Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
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Aiju Koga - The One Person Who Wasn't Dead
In 18 87, a group of condemned men were to be hanged in Chicago. Their last words included: 'I have not done everything right during my life' The execution was carried out with the help of 300 police officers and gatling guns. But it took just seven minutes for each man to die. This week's episode is based on that event as well as several other famous stories about radicalism at its worst.
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