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No habeas corpus, forced deportations, damn the constitution! All tactics used against labor over 100 yrs ago. It’s the same old playbook.

May 5, 2025, 6:52 PM

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          "alt": "in your fight,\" one admirer assured him.\nThat Peabody meant precisely what he said soon became evident to WFM leaders. The governor had sent the militia when Colorado City mill managers had complained about largely nonexistent labor violence, but some months later, when WFM members were forcibly and brutally deported from Idaho Springs by the local mine owners' association, Peabody found the state's power unequal to the occasion. Apparently, Colorado could protect scabs' right to employment but not union members' right",
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