This Week with David Rovics

A History of the World According to David Rovics EPISODE 3

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This episode covers events that took place from 1917-1921.

  • The rise and fall of the Working Class Union in Oklahoma
  • Danish syndicalism and the Battle of the Borso
  • World War 1 and the Pandemic of 1918
  • The Russian Revolution and US invasion of Russia
  • The Winnipeg General Strike
  • The Industrial Workers of the World and the lynching of Wesley Everest
  • The Palmer Raids
  • Kelly Butte and the use of prison labor in Oregon
  • The Tulsa Race Massacre
  • The Battle of Blair Mountain

    • There's no need to start at the beginning, necessarily, but all the episodes out so far can be found at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld, along with notes on each of them.

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