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A General Strike Against Trump? Here’s a Dark History Lesson
Past/Prelude
It was November 1919, during the Red Scare, and a radical labor leader in Pennsylvania took to the barricades. What did—and didn’t—happen may prove instructive for today.
Josh Nathan-Kazis
Published
Feb. 21 2017
12:00AM EST
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