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The essay recounts the arrests, trials, and executions of labor activists linked to the eight-hour strike and of Sacco and Vanzetti, arguing both were victims of framed charges and political repression. It traces the growth of American labor from early union efforts through the establishment of craft unions and the rise of industrial organizing, situating these episodes amid economic crisis, capitalist decline, and the spread of repressive tendencies. Historical narrative and political analysis are combined with a call to preserve the martyrs' memory as inspiration for continued worker organization and struggle.

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Title: Labor's Martyrs: Haymarket 1887, Sacco and Vanzetti 1927

Author: Vito Marcantonio

Author of introduction, etc.: William Z. Foster

Release date: February 1, 2004 [eBook #11009]
Most recently updated: October 28, 2024

Language: English

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Labor's Martyrs

Haymarket
1887

Sacco and Vanzetti
1927

By Vito Marcantonio

Introduction by Wm. Z. Foster