On May 4th, 1886 in Chicago's Haymarket, a labor rally is interrupted first by a column of police officers, and then by a bomb from the crowd thrown into their ranks. This has major implications for the labor and social reform movement in the US. James Green, author of "Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America", talks about the events leading up to the bombing and the aftermath.

Note: James Green died a few months after this interview, on June 23, 2016. I am grateful I was able to speak with him. Here is his obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/business/james-green-author-and-human-rights-activist-dies-at-71.html

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