The Trial Of The Wobblies

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Heard On University Of The Air
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) demonstration in New York, 11 April, 1914 

When the United States entered World War I, concern that labor strikes would interfere with war production prompted a coordinated, national strategy. The Department of Justice targeted the nation’s most prominent radical union, the Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies. The result was the largest mass trial in U.S. history.

Episode Credits

  • Norman Gilliland Host
  • Norman Gilliland Interviewer
  • Scott Straus Guest
  • Dean Strang Guest

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