Group Information- Members: 110
- Category: Human Rights
- Founded: Jul 15, 2003
- Language: English
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List for historians, working folk, artists, labor activists interested in preserving the memory of the Ludlow Massacre of 1914 in Colorado. Explore the specific history of the incident, discuss issues related to the archeological dig, and to restoring the monument after recent vandalism. Discuss the history of struggle and sacrifice by working folk. Discuss other memorials and sculptures that commemorate those struggles. Minor focus on the music, art or poetry celebrating those struggles.
This group will focus on the areas in which working folk and their history intersect. In other words, this list will necessarily discuss unions in a historical context, but will focus more on union history and how it relates to the struggle of working folk than on modern union efforts.
Participants can expect occasional references to capitalist abuses and exploitation, and some discussion of how the history of working folk relates to current struggles, but union proselytizing or marxist ideology will be discouraged on the list, and advocates will be asked to instead link to external resources.
The Ludlow Monument is maintained by the United Mine Workers of America. Although we support their efforts to protect and educate about the Ludlow Massacre legacy, this list is not in any way affiliated with their organization.
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Re: Massacre
When the CF&I sends armored automobiles and railroad cars and privately funded soldiers (for lack of a better word) equipped with machine guns firing explosive
Posted - Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:28 pm
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decalvas@...
decalvas
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Re: massacre
There are several facts involved in the historic events at Ludlow that indeed make it a massacre. First, when the National Guard of a state is employed by a
Posted - Thu Jul 2, 2009 7:44 pm
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David Harvey
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Re: Massacre
by the time of the massacre/not massacre, hadn't the makeup of the Guard shifted significantly from young, many professionals, citizen soldiers to mining
Posted - Thu Jul 2, 2009 7:34 pm
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fairtrader2002@...
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Re: massacre
Scott, I'd like to hear from others as well. I think Destefanis's article in Mining Womenshows that the men in guard uniform were pretty much intentioned like
Posted - Thu Jul 2, 2009 1:39 pm
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rosefeurer
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Massacre
Hi Rosemary and Scott, I have to say that I've never understood the argument against seeing the events of April 20, 1914 as a massacre. It's true that there
Posted - Thu Jul 2, 2009 6:11 am
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Anthony DeStefanis
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