Labor History in 2:00

July 23 - Remembering Alexander Berkman


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On this day in Labor History the year was 1892.  That was the day that Lithuanian-born anarchist, Alexander Berkman attempted to shoot steel magnate Andrew Carnegie’s second-in-command, Henry Clay Frick.  Berkman wanted to avenge the Homestead Steel massacre in which nine workers were killed. 

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Labor History in 2:00By The Rick Smith Show