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workingclasshistory: “On this day, 29 January 1912, a striking textile worker, Anna LoPizzo was killed by police when they tried to break up a picket line during the bread and roses strike in New England. Shamelessly, the police then arrested two...

workingclasshistory:

On this day, 29 January 1912, a striking textile worker, Anna LoPizzo was killed by police when they tried to break up a picket line during the bread and roses strike in New England. Shamelessly, the police then arrested two leading organisers of the radical IWW union as “accessories to murder” despite them being 3 miles away at the time and held them for eight months without bail or trial. The women strikers held out and won some weeks later.
More info about women in the IWW in our podcast episode 16: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e16-women-in-the-early-iww/
Pictured: mourners at LoPizzo’s funeral https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1641111066074037/?type=3

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