The bloody labor crackdown Paramount didn't want America to see
The bloody labor crackdown Paramount didn't want America to see
Executives feared their newsreel footage would "cause riots and mass hysteria.”
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Studs Terkel, later a legendary local radio host and author but then a struggling actor, visited the scene the next day to perform at the union’s makeshift first aid station. He compared the massacre’s hobbling and bandaged survivors to the damaged Civil War soldiers memorably captured by photographer Matthew Brady.
That guy was legit. I miss him.
There's a Studs Terkel podcast that is just the raw recordings of his interviews. Brilliant stuff!
Here's the RSS feed.
The striking folks should make some documentaries and dramatizations of famous labor battles. Might get more awareness than picketing.
The civil war on Blair Mountain should be first