21: The Chicago Haymarket Riot w/ James Green - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On May 4th, 1886 in Chicago's Haymarket, a labor rally is interrupted first by a column of police officers, and then by a bomb from the crowd thrown into their ranks. This has major implications for the labor and social reform movement in the US. James Green, author of "Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America", talks about the events leading up to the bombing and the aftermath.

Note: James Green died a few months after this interview, on June 23, 2016. I am grateful I was able to speak with him. Here is his obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/business/james-green-author-and-human-rights-activist-dies-at-71.html

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1:27.5	Welcome everyone to the most notorious podcast. I'm your host Eric Rivenes.
1:31.8	And as you probably can already tell by the sound of my voice, I've been under the weather with an
1:36.2	nasty bug for the last few days. And I apologize in advance for having to listen to someone who
1:42.4	sounds like they're about to keel over in their chair. Now, whatever your political leanings,
1:48.7	no one can argue that the presidential election hasn't been entertaining, at least in a locker room
1:54.9	people way. The issue is being brought up whether it is Sanders on the left with his economic
2:01.5	equality message or Trump on the right with his immigration restriction talk are not new to America
2:08.4	in any way. These have been contentious issues for the last 150 years. We're going to go back today
2:17.1	to one of the most famous incidents of the 19th century to the Chicago Haymarket Affair.
2:24.5	It's also been called a riot, a massacre, and an incident which shows just how much
2:30.7	politics can play in defining history. Throw in a bomb and this tragedy becomes even more relevant
2:37.3	to our modern times. I'm pleased to have with me James Green, author and professor of history at
2:44.4	the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He's here to talk with me about his book Death in the
2:50.3	Haymarket, a story of Chicago, the first labor movement and the bombing that divided
2:56.5	Gilded Age America. Thank you so much for agreeing to talk with me.
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