[eternalban]

What a fantastic link! This era in America's history is so rich with amazing stories, yet hardly ever touched by Hollywood ..

I followed Mother Jones to Industrial Workers of the World, which necessitated a visit to American Federation of Labor, which led to Knights of Labor and Terence Powderly and the Haymarket Riot:

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

Btw, just from the logos and the titles of AFL and KoL, I got the sense that they were masonic in origin. And sure enough, per wikipedia, "[t]he Catholic Church had opposed the unions as too influenced by rituals of freemasonry. The Knights of Labor removed the words "The Holy and Noble Order of" from the name of the Knights of Labor in 1882 and abandoned any membership rituals associated with freemasonry."

LOL at the hand-shaking execs in the logo of AFL. Life is truly stranger than fiction.

[bryanrasmussen]

>What a fantastic link! This era in America's history is so rich with amazing stories, yet hardly ever touched by Hollywood ..

I can recommend watching The Molly Maguires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Molly_Maguires_(film)

[eternalban]

Thanks!

[gorgoiler]

Gangs of New York is another great movie, and the second floor of the FDNY museum in SoHo is a real eye opener to the 19th century crossover between fire crews and gang culture.

[eternalban]

Thanks! The bit about the gangs was +interesting. Found this:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/early...