Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

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Busy@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 3y

William Gunn Shepard, a reporter at the tragedy, would say that "I learned a new sound that day, a sound more horrible than description can picture – the thud of a speeding living body on a stone sidewalk"

Jesus Christ. Read the Wikipedia article about that fire. Those poor people.

I can't talk fellowship to you who are gathered here. Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement.

MaxVoltage@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Based and unionpilled

fibojoly@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y

Only reason this French man learnt about this in the pre-Internet days was thanks to Rasputina and their song https://youtu.be/lkzll37266Y

crazylady@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
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UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 3y

Yes, but just like affirmative action and civil rights, we know better now. According Trumpets