![]() Writing about the Memorial Day Massacre, which took place on this date in 1937 when police opened fire on striking steelworkers at Republic Steel in South Chicago, killing ten and wounding more than 160, novelist Howard Fast wrote: “Many have forgotten; millions more have joined the labor and progressive movement since that time and do not know this story. But it is well that all of us remember--and in remembering, act.” Comments are closed.
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