Hunger Strike Launched Inside Sterling Correctional Facility in Colorado
Submitted by R Totale on Aug 18 2018 13:46
The following report was previously forwarded to It’s Going Down after being first sent to people within the Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) network, who received correspondence from an inmate being housed in the MCC (ad-seg) unit of Sterling Correctional Complex in Sterling, CO and details a hunger strike.
Remember Ludlow!
A contemporary response to the 1914 massacre of striking miners at Ludlow Colorado.
Industrial Worker (May 31, 1930)
The May 31, 1930 (Vol. XII, No. 22, Whole No. 702) issue of the Industrial Worker, the newspaper of the revolutionary union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Industrial Worker (October 8, 1927)
The October 8, 1927 (Vol. IX, No. 40, Whole No. 564) issue of the Industrial Worker, the newspaper of the revolutionary union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Industrial Worker (October 1, 1927)
The October 1, 1927 (Vol. IX, No. 39, Whole No. 563) issue of the Industrial Worker, the newspaper of the revolutionary union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Blood on the coal: Colorado strike of 1927 - Patrick Murfin
Submitted by Steven. on Oct 19 2015 10:14
A short history of the great Colorado coal strike of 1927, called by the revolutionary union Industrial Workers of the World which lasted until the following year, facing savage repression and killings and won concessions, although not IWW union recognition.
Battles in the Telluride mines, 1901-1903 - Louis Adamic
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 14 2014 18:08
A short history of the striking workers who took over the mines in Telluride, Colorado, and the illegal methods the state used to eventually defeat them.
King Coal - Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair's first novel about the conditions of miners in America, and documents the strikes of 1914-15 in Colorado.
The autobiography of Mother Jones
Submitted by Reddebrek on Feb 17 2014 01:46
The autobiography of Mary Harris Jones, more commonly known as Mother Jones. The "most dangerous woman in America" and a committed organizer for several unions including the Knights of Labor and the IWW. She was also active in the fight to end child labour and organise every mine.
Colorado miners strike and Columbine mine massacre, 1927 - Sam Lowry
Submitted by Alex... on Nov 10 2006 15:43
Short history of a strike by miners in Colorado in 1927 and the massacre of strikers at the Columbine mine by the state militia. The strike lead to an almost complete shut down of the mining industry in the state.
