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Today in Labor History December 25, 1831: The Great Jamaican Slave Revolt, the largest slave uprising in the British West Indies, began on this date. Samuel Sharpe, a black Baptist deacon, led the revolt of 60,000 enslaved people. The 11-day uprising began as a General Strike, but quickly turned violent. 14 whites and 207 enslaved black people died in the siege. However, another 340 rebels were executed afterward. The rebels had been inspired by the abolitionist movement in London and had intended to call for a peaceful uprising. The rebellion was depicted in Andrea Levy's 2010 novel, “The Long Song,” and in Herbert de Lisser’s The 1929 novel “The White Witch of Rosehall.” #workingclass #LaborHistory #slavery #abolition #revolt #uprising #jamaica #samuelsharpe #rebellion #books #novels #writer #author #fiction #BlackMastodon @npub1qv0v...rtf3

Today in Labor History December 25, 1951: A bomb exploded at the home of Harry and Harriette Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing them both. Harry Moore was an African-American educator and founder of the first branch of the NAACP in Brevard County, Florida. Harriette was also an educator and civil rights worker. #workingclass #LaborHistory #civilrights #bombing #assassination #racism #BlackMastodon #florida #murder #teacher #education #christmas

Today in Labor History December 25, 1910: A bomb destroyed a portion of the Llewellyn Ironworks in Los Angeles (where the LA Times was printed). On October 1st, a bomb had destroyed much of the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21 employees and injuring over 100. The Iron Workers had been engaged in a brutal and protracted battle with U.S. Steel and the American Bridge Company, which was busting their union with spies, informants, scabs, and agents provocateur. Los Angeles Times publisher Harrison Otis, who was viciously anti-union, provided propaganda for the bosses. By 1910, the owners had driven nearly all the unions from their plants, except for the Iron Workers union, which had instigated a bombing campaign starting in 1906. In April 1911, private detective William Burns and Chicago police sergeant William Reed kidnapped union organizer James McNamara and held him hostage for a week prior to illegally extraditing him to Los Angeles for the bombings. Burns later arrested his brother John, but denied him access to an attorney. Both McNamara brothers had been arrested based on the confession of a third man who had likely been tortured. And both were likely innocent of the bombings. Eugene Debs accused Otis, himself, of the Times bombing. James McNamara spent the rest of his life in San Quentin, dying there in 1941. John served 15 years and then went on to serve as an organizer for the Iron Workers. Roberta Tracy’s wonderful novel, Zig Zag Woman, takes place in the wake of the L. A. Times bombing. #workingclass #LaborHistory #iron #union #strike #unionbusting #bombing #prison #latimes #christmas #losangeles #police #torture #policebrutality #books #novels #historicalfiction #author #writer @npub1qv0v...rtf3

PG&E should've been municipalized decades ago and its execs imprisoned for the scores of people killed through its negligence and greed. *8 killed in San Bruno pipeline explosion, 2010 *2 killed in Butte fire, 2015 *22 killed in 2017 Oct wildfires *85 killed in 2018 Camp fire *1500 wildfires sparked by PG&E in past 6 years *Unknown number of cancer deaths in Hinkley from illegal dumping of

PG&E's equipment killed 117 people in the last decade | abc10.com