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“Society is not fair, until was make it so.” This has been the battle cry of the civil action groups who fought in the labor history of the America.

The Haymarket donnybrook began at Chicago’s McCormick Reaper factory on May 3, 1886, when police killed two workers while intervening in a fight between strikers (demonstrating for an eight-hour day) and strike breakers.

It was reported that during the rally at the Haymarket Square, one of the rallyists dropped a bomb and then the police began shouting.  There were 10 casualties including police officers.

In total there were eight activists who were convicted of inciting the riot through “inflammatory speeches and publications.” Four were hanged and another committed suicide in jail. The remaining three eventually received full pardons.

In the old days, when the protection being asked were taken for granted like fair pay, safe working conditions, weekends off, brave individuals earn them by in the old-fashion way: with blood, sweat and great sacrifice. They must be defended in the same way.

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