InterestedParticipant
04-10-2010, 04:53 PM
Does this sound familiar? Is history repeating itself? Well you be the judge.
It's not 2001, or 2010, it's 1886 Chicago: The Haymarket Square incident.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair
The Haymarket affair (also known as the Haymarket riot or Haymarket massacre) was a disturbance that took place on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at the Haymarket Square[3] in Chicago, and began as a rally in support of striking workers. An unknown person threw a bomb at police as they dispersed the public meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of eight police officers and an unknown number of civilians.[4][5] In the internationally publicized legal proceedings that followed, eight anarchists were tried for murder. Four were put to death, and one committed suicide in prison.
The Haymarket affair is generally considered to have been an important influence on the origin of international May Day observances for workers.[6][7] In popular literature, this event inspired the caricature of "a bomb-throwing anarchist." The causes of the incident are still controversial, although deeply polarized attitudes separating business and working class people in late 19th century Chicago are generally acknowledged as having precipitated the tragedy and its aftermath. The site of the incident was designated as a Chicago Landmark on March 25, 1992.[8] The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument in nearby Forest Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark on February 18, 1997.
An agent provocateur was suggested by some members of the anarchist movement. Albert Parsons believed the bomber was a member of the police or the Pinkertons trying to undermine the labor movement. However, this contradicts the statements of several activists who said the bomber was one of their own. Lucy Parsons and Johann Most rejected this notion. Dyer Lum said it was "puerile" to ascribe "the Haymarket bomb to a Pinkerton."
They made sure to put a number of faces to the crime:
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2092/chicagoanarchists.jpg
And here is the modern day version...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/114698681_ac07bf8571.jpg
It's the same drill, same techniques that were used over 100years ago. These guys don't change their methods, it's just that current generations are unaware that these same methods of manipulation and control have been used throughout history.
It's not 2001, or 2010, it's 1886 Chicago: The Haymarket Square incident.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair
The Haymarket affair (also known as the Haymarket riot or Haymarket massacre) was a disturbance that took place on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at the Haymarket Square[3] in Chicago, and began as a rally in support of striking workers. An unknown person threw a bomb at police as they dispersed the public meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of eight police officers and an unknown number of civilians.[4][5] In the internationally publicized legal proceedings that followed, eight anarchists were tried for murder. Four were put to death, and one committed suicide in prison.
The Haymarket affair is generally considered to have been an important influence on the origin of international May Day observances for workers.[6][7] In popular literature, this event inspired the caricature of "a bomb-throwing anarchist." The causes of the incident are still controversial, although deeply polarized attitudes separating business and working class people in late 19th century Chicago are generally acknowledged as having precipitated the tragedy and its aftermath. The site of the incident was designated as a Chicago Landmark on March 25, 1992.[8] The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument in nearby Forest Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark on February 18, 1997.
An agent provocateur was suggested by some members of the anarchist movement. Albert Parsons believed the bomber was a member of the police or the Pinkertons trying to undermine the labor movement. However, this contradicts the statements of several activists who said the bomber was one of their own. Lucy Parsons and Johann Most rejected this notion. Dyer Lum said it was "puerile" to ascribe "the Haymarket bomb to a Pinkerton."
They made sure to put a number of faces to the crime:
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2092/chicagoanarchists.jpg
And here is the modern day version...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/114698681_ac07bf8571.jpg
It's the same drill, same techniques that were used over 100years ago. These guys don't change their methods, it's just that current generations are unaware that these same methods of manipulation and control have been used throughout history.