Re: Days of Rage

To: marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Days of Rage
From: Adam Levenstein <cleon42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:56:25 -0700 (PDT)

--- Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Monday, October 6, shortly before midnight,
> antiwar protesters
> blew up the nation's only monument to policemen. The
> statue in
> Chicago's Haymarket Square was blown clear off its
> twelve-foot
> pedestal, throwing chunks of the leg onto a nearby
> expressway.

What's interesting about this is that the statue in
question was a monument to the cops that rioted at
Haymarket, assaulting and (I believe) killing a number
of labor activists demonstrating there.

Adam

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And now, for something completely different.

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References:
- Days of Rage
  - From: Louis Proyect

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- It's easy to lose the plot, Borba100 Wed 25 Jul 2001, 00:50 GMT
- Thousands Across Italy Protest Police at G8, Macdonald Stainsby Wed 25 Jul 2001, 00:04 GMT
- more virus, Les Schaffer Tue 24 Jul 2001, 23:53 GMT
- Days of Rage, Louis Proyect Tue 24 Jul 2001, 23:03 GMT
  - Re: Days of Rage, Adam Levenstein Tue 24 Jul 2001, 23:16 GMT
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  - Re: Days of Rage, Jim Farmelant Tue 24 Jul 2001, 23:45 GMT
    - Re: Days of Rage, ermadog Wed 25 Jul 2001, 02:40 GMT
- The 30s, Gary MacLennan Tue 24 Jul 2001, 23:00 GMT
  - Re: The 30s, Louis Proyect Tue 24 Jul 2001, 23:41 GMT

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