On this day, 21 September 1945, 200,000 coal miners in the US went on strike in support of supervisory employees’ demand for collective bargaining; part of a wave of strikes in the wake of World War II. More info in this excellent book, which is available in our online store. All proceeds help fund our work:: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/strike-jeremy-brecher https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1216192131899268/?type=3
“It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth.” – Bertrand Russell, “The Pursuit of Truth”, The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell
Secrecy is an instrument of conspiracy; it ought not, therefore, be the system of a regular government.
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