Veracruz, the Ludlow Massacre, Bill Haywood, the IWW, and Rockefeller. All are "In the News" at the beginning of May - 1914.

After the Ludlow Massacre in April 1914, Picketers head down to Standard Oil headquarters at 26 Broadway to protest the Rockefellers. One of these protestors is famous novelist, Upton Sinclair.

Also protesting are Anarchists who, on May 1, 1914, get caught up in the stampede and chaos at the May Day rally in Union Square. 

Music from Epidemic Sound.

Sources for this episode include:

• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
• The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair
• The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum
• The Poison Squad | American Experience | PBS
• Titan by Ron Chernow
• Macon Telegraph - “Enemies of the Country” - May 2, 1914
• The New York Times "Rockefeller Balks" - April 30, 1914
• The New York Times "5k Stampeded by Police Clubs" - May 2, 1914
• A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
• historycolorado.org