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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History March 29, 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. They were executed at Sing Sing in 1953. The Rosenberg’s sons, Michael and Robert Meeropol were adopted by Abel Meeropol, the composer of “Strange Fruit,” (made famous by Billie Holiday). The sons maintained their parents’ innocence. However, after the fall of the Soviet Union, decoded Soviet cables showed that their father had, in fact, collaborated, but that their mother was innocent. They continued to fight for the mother’s pardon, but Obama refused to grant it. The Rosenberg’s sons were among the last students to attend the anarchist Modern School, in Lakewood, New Jersey, before it finally shut its doors in 1958.

The Modern School movement began in 1901, in Barcelona, Spain, when Francisco Ferrer opened his Escuela Moderna. It was one of the very first Spanish schools to be fully secular, co-educational, and open to all students, regardless of class. His ideas were so popular that 40 more Modern Schools opened in Barcelona in just a few years, while 80 other schools adopted his textbooks. In 1909, there were mass protests and a General Strike against Spanish intervention in Morocco. The state responded with a week of terror and repression, during which they slaughtered over 600 workers and falsely executed Ferrer as an instigator of the protests. His execution led to worldwide protests. Modern Schools started to pop up outside of Spain, inspired by his original Escuela Moderna, including 20 in the U.S.

For more on the Modern School movement, read my article: michaeldunnauthor.com/2022/04/

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen, as they leave U.S. Court House after being found guilty by jury. Ethyl is wearing a bonnet. Julius has glasses, and a thin mustache. By Roger Higgins, photographer from "New York World-Telegram and the Sun" - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c17772, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1309692
#workingclass#LaborHistory#deathpenalty
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Nonilex

#China has executed four #Canadians over #drug-related convictions, #Canada’s foreign affairs minister said Wednesday, a development that threatens to worsen an already tense relationship between the countries.

Mélanie Joly, the Canadian minister, told reporters that she condemned the #executions, & that the government would still seek clemency for others.

#geopolitics #insanity #DeathPenalty #law #InternationalLaw #HumanRights
nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/a

Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, during a news conference last week.
The New York Times · Canada Condemns China’s Execution of 4 Canadians on Drug ConvictionsBy Meaghan Tobin
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History March 15, 1917: The U.S. Supreme Court approved the 8-hour workday under the threat of a rail strike. Philadelphia carpenters struck for the 10-hour day in 1791 and by the 1830s, it had become a general demand of workers. In 1835, Philadelphia workers organized the first general strike in North America, led by Irish coal heavers, in the struggle for a 10-hour day. However, by 1836, labor movement publications were calling for an 8-hour day. In 1864, the 8-hour day became a central demand of the Chicago labor movement. In 1867, a citywide strike for the 8-hour day shut down the city's economy for a week before falling apart. During the 1870s, eight hours became a central demand of the U.S. labor movement, with a network of 8-Hour Leagues forming across the nation.

In 1872, 100,000 workers in New York City struck and won the eight-hour day. On May 1, 1886 Albert Parsons, head of the Chicago Knights of Labor, led 80,000 people down Michigan Avenue in the first modern May Day Parade, with workers chanting, "Eight-hour day with no cut in pay." Within days, 350,000 workers went on strike nationwide for the 8-hour day. On 3 May 1886, anarchist August Spies, editor of the Arbeiter-Zeitung (Workers Newspaper), spoke to 6,000 workers. Afterwards, they marched to the McCormick plant in Chicago to harass scab workers. The police arrived and opened fire, killing four and wounding many more. On May 4, workers protested this police violence at a meeting in Haymarket Square. An unknown assailant hurled a bomb at the police. The authorities rounded up hundreds of labor activists and anarchists. They convicted 8 in a kangaroo court and executed four of them, including Parsons and Spies.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American currently works 8.8 hours every day. This, of course, does not include commute time which, for many Americans, can add another two or more hours a day to the time they give away for free to their bosses. Nor does it include work we take home. The scam of being a “salaried” employee is commonly exploited by bosses, who argue that we are paid based on the responsibilities completed, regardless of how long it takes to complete them.

Read my full article on Lucy Parsons, which goes deeper into the Haymarket affair and the struggle for the 8 hour day: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/

Poster promoting the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) campaign for the eight hour work day 1912. By Unknown author - https://www.art.com/products/p19247403101-sa-i7180223/poster-promoting-the-i-w-w-campaign-for-the-eight-hour-work-day-1912.htm?RFID=990319https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-poster-promoting-the-iww-campaign-for-the-eight-hour-work-day-1912-35116866.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78950958
#workingclass#LaborHistory#anarchism
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WerkstattGeschichte

Heute vor 50 Jahren starb die #Schauspielerin #SusanHayward in #Hollywood. 1959 hatte sie den #Oscar als beste Hauptdarstellerin für ihre Rolle in »Laßt mich leben« gewonnen. Mehr zum #Film:

▶ Ulrike Weckel, Mit Mitteln des Spielfilms gegen die #Todesstrafe. I Want to Live! (1958), #WerkstattGeschichte 85/2022, werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_au

@histodons @historikerinnen

Foto der ersten Seite des gedruckten Beitrags (Auszug)
#histodons#Filmkritik#Filmgeschichte
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Wen

Even if you accept the death penaly as 'just and right' (which I do not), the evidence of prosecution fraud and a refusal to reconsider evidence in the light of modern forensics (basic DNA analysis for crying out loud) - this is a stain on America. I won't say humanity just yet, there are a lot of unplesent people out there - they just seem to have a lot more power to abuse and lie in a country that considers itself modern.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · America’s next killing spree: 10 days, five states, six death-row prisoners set to dieBy Ed Pilkington
#DeathPenalty#Injustice#USPol
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MissConstrue

Brad Sigmon, 67, was put to death by firing squad at 6.05pm this evening at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina.

In 2001, he brutally murdered his ex girlfriend’s parents and kidnapped her, although she was fortunately able to escape. He immediately admitted to police that he had snapped and didn’t know why he did it, but he did it. He was never evaluated for mental healthiness.

In the years he’s been in prison, he was a model prisoner, with no infractions. He expressed deep remorse for his crime.

None the less, McMasters, the governor of South Carolina, who couldn’t even be bothered to be there to see his execution orders performed, did not stay the execution, and at 6:03pm, three high caliber shots were fired into Brad Sigmon’s chest.

Because somehow the state committing murder is acceptable. It’s the 21st damn century, I think it’s time to move past the death penalty now.

#BradSigmon#deathpenalty#southcarolina
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Joanna Bryson, blathering

„Sigmon chose to be executed by firing squad due to concerns about South Carolina’s lethal injection drugs. The return of such an antiquated — and to critics, barbaric — method underscores the complex nature of the American death penalty system in the modern era, where safety and availability issues with lethal injection have prompted some states to devise new methods, like nitrogen gas, or re-embrace old ones.“
#capitalPunishment #deathPenalty #udhr #fundamentalRights

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