by John Helmer, Moscow
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“When war and revolution come, remember the long years in which the storm was rising, and don’t blame the thunderbolt”.
That warning appeared in the Chicago Tribune in November 24, 1895. It was written by Clarence Darrow, then a young city lawyer working for railroads and also for unions in the years which followed the bitter, violent battles for limited work hours and higher wages. The Chicago union struggle initiated the May Day strike for protest and celebration between 1881 and 1886.
Today the US is one of the few countries in the world not to recognize the holiday, moving “Labour Day” from the spring to the fall to erase the history. Darrow (1857-1938) was to become the greatest courtroom lawyer in American history; today he is almost forgotten.
Read Darrow’s grim history, click left. If you prefer to listen, click right.
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