1890s
11. Robber Barons And Rebels
In the year 1877, the signals were given for the rest of the century: the blacks would be put back;
the strikes of white workers would not be tolerated; the industrial and political elites of North and
South would take hold of the country and organize the greatest march of economic growth in
human history. They would do it with the aid of, and at the expense of, black labor, white labor,
1892: The Homestead strike
An account of a militant strike of steel workers of the Carnegie company in the US defending their union against the bosses, the police and hired armed mercenaries.
The Robber Baron Andrew Carnegie precipitated the Homestead Strike of 1892 with his attack against the standard of living of the workers and his bid to break the union representing the highest skilled workers. Carnegie announced his intention to impose an 18 percent pay cut and issued a statement saying that the real issue was whether the Homestead steel workers would be union or non-union.
Henry, Emile, 1872-1894
A short biography of French anarchist and protagonist of 'propaganda by deed', Emile Henry.
Not many people have heard of Emile Henry, which is surprising really.
He was born in 1872 in Spain, the son of an exiled Paris Communard. He returned to Paris with his family, and became a student at the Prestigious Ecole Polytechnique. However, he chose to abandon his studies in favour of "propaganda by deed".
