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The Famous Speeches of the Eight Chicago Anarchists

The Famous Speeches of the Eight Chicago Anarchists

Parsons, Lucy
Cleyre, Voltairine De
Roediger, David R.

Paperback

Series: Working Classics

19th Century United States HistoryPoverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

Publisher Price: $21.00

ISBN10: 1849356300
ISBN13: 9781849356305
Publisher: AK Press
Published: Nov 11 2025
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

Back in print for the first time in decades. A classic in US labor history.

On May 1, 1886, Albert and Lucy Parsons led upwards of 80,000 striking workers and their supporters through the streets of Chicago. Across the country workers were advocating for the eight-hour day. On May 3, police killed two striking workers on the west side of Chicago. In response, a rally was called for May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. There a bomb was thrown, eventually killing seven policeman and wounding dozens of others. Eight anarchists were accused: four were hanged, two had their sentences commuted, one served six years, and one died by suicide in his cell. Accused and convicted of conspiracy, the state of Illinois couldn't prove any of them threw the bomb, so they instead tried to kill the anarchist movement. This miscarriage of justice ignited labor movements across the United States and around the world. Collected here are the voices of the accused from their sentencing in the fall of 1886.

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