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Unions would not let this happen.
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On this day, 26 August 1919, former garment worker Fannie Sellins who became an organiser with the United Mine Workers of America was murdered by company thugs and sheriff’s deputies during a coal strike in Pennsylvania. She attempted to intervene when a miner was being beaten, and was shot and killed. Her killers were never punished. Episode 7 of our podcast is about miners’ struggles in the US at this time, check it out here: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/06/09/wch-e7-the-west-virginia-mine-wars-1902-1922/
Pictured: Sellins during a previous arrest https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1196896753828806/?type=3
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The popular vote will destroy the Republican Party.
More registered voters, more time to vote, and more secure elections are all threats to the GOP.
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