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In the US 165 workers from the IWW, I trade union were arrested. Obstruction to World War Recruitment

107
years ago

05 September 1917,

The American police arrested 165 workers from the IWW trade union. On the basis of the recently approved Spy Act, they were charged with impeding recruitment for World War I for demonstrating their opposition to the army. In those days the labor movement was very strong and the government launched a campaign against it.

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