Episode description
Mini-podcast about the massacre of striking workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the May strike for a maximum eight-hour working day in 1886.- Learn more about this strike and its significance in episode 85 of the Working Class History podcast about May Day, available here for our patreon supporters.
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Acknowledgements
- Written and edited by Working Class History.
- Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack