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Re:Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers wh... by timoth3y on Thursday December 03, 2020 @06:14PM (#25296745)
This culminated in the Battle of Blair Mountain were mine owners employed private security and the US military to put down 10,000+ striking miners.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

It's an incredible story of capitalism gone mad. Areal bombardment and poison gas were used against the miners and it did not end well for them.

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Re:Amazon reportedly has Pinkerton agents surveil workers wh... by hinkley on Thursday December 03, 2020 @10:40PM (#25298611)
What the fuck was going on in 1921? That’s three months after they firebombed Tulsa.
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