Shootout at the Hecla Mine -- March 9 When women and children were massacred by the Colorado state militia in 1914, the southern coalfields were set aflame....
I wanted to introduce myself. I am currently working on my Master's in history at Missouri State where I was introduced to the world of labor and working class...
(going from my head, so if I get titles off a bit, please forgive me) The Great Coalfield War, by George McGovern and Leonard Guttridge, 1972. Out of print,...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Miners returned to work at the Sago coal mine in West Virginia on Wednesday, more than two months after 12 men died in an underground...
Anyone who comes to Denver for this exciting event & lets me know, i'll buy their concert ticket! ;-) --richard myers ... Global Labor Rising! May Day...
The first May Day WAS a strike for in the eight-hour day in Chicago and all over the U.S. It was celebrated as the original Labor Day before the adoption of...
Richard & All, Sounds like a good time but I doubt we'll make it to Denver. Have fun! In Solidarity and Struggle - For Love and Liberation! - travis Armed Self...
I'm passing along two items. Next Thursday, on May 11, the Lafayette Historical Society will present Death in the Mines, Colorado and Boulder County Mining...
What is this, solidarity among hardware fans? ;-) I hadn't noticed that website before. Don't you just love Ann Coulter? What a scary nutcase. Thanks for the...
Dear friends: (If you have C-SPAN2, there is a book review on right now (Saturday) about the book "Death In The HayMarket.") I have a few online hangouts where...
Can anyone help Staci with her request for information? best wishes, richard ... From: Staci Smith To: rtmyers@... Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 8:04 PM ...
I don't have contact info right at hand - maybe there are some respondents on this list who do, and I trust there are still a lot who have a lot better info...
Dean, thanks much for sending this. Wish I could have made it. Tom Klammer ... From: Dean Saitta <dsaitta@...> To: ludlowmassacre@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon,...
I'm just writing to let local people know (and others interested in the book), that I'll be reading from my new poetry collection, Trembling in the Bones, on...
By themselves, historical facts may seem sterile, distant. For example, John Lawson was a union organizer during the Ludlow strike in Colorado. Years before,...
Hello, I recently went to the Ludlow Monument for the first time, and was really moved by it all. I was also impressed with the panels that gave some of the...
Published: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 Everett Massacre site draws fire once again Berm would bury bit of Everett history By David Chircop Herald Writer ...
Hi, all: Sorry to be hitting you all with this premature email blast, but I want to let you know that a book I've been working on about the coal field war,...
Have just finished an article on Wikipedia about the Colorado Labor Wars. Thought you might be interested... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Labor_Wars ...
forwarded message... ... From: grycrlc@... Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 11:50 PM Dear Friends, Eric Margolis, Loretta Pineda, and I have been working...
... From: Richard Myers The DVDs will sell for $14.00 each. Send a check made out to the "University of Colorado" to; David M. Hays What about shipping...
I am not an expert on Ludlow history. In this email i'm asking for feedback on a specific, narrow issue regarding that history. When Governor Ammons called out...
Hi, Richard: It was all National Guard, but also called the state militia as a second reference, though that doesn't change the status. They were CNG troops at...
Dear Richard and the group, The distinction between “militia” and “National Guard” is important. Colorado National Guardsmen always referred to their...