Jubes and Ames discuss the tragedy of the Alex Pretti murder and how unions have historically fought back to their governments.

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Alex Pretti sources:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-second-u-s-citizen-was-killed-by-federal-forces-in-minneapolis-heres-what-we-know

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/live/#x

Recommended book:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/246798/beaten-down-worked-up-by-steven-greenhouse/

Cripple Creek sources:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/71OeTBVDeo6xO7rQDBLUpG?si=ZaVom167STmdhUuDjE6Jog&t=5455

https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-events/battle-cripple-creek

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple_Creek_miners%27_strike_of_1894

Blair Mountain sources:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4qUgXbHN3e0WI8M1s0lZ2w?si=LjVJD-x5Sr29o6zJWO8AnA

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2HSbDqwnXEcVOlxl8ZzVNt?si=4Rf1Q8jISSKNPOplHLBL7g&ct=3226&t=3520

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/battle-blair-mountain-largest-labor-uprising-american-history-180978520/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_coal_wars