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@amilum Ow. OW!
@amilum Ow. OW!
@benwerd You could reframe it in your brain as being "fair" instead of "mean".
The Pinks were a private army larger than the US Army. They were infiltrators, strike breakers, murderers. They answered to big business.
While we're celebrating a People's History, let us not forget the bosses' hired goon squads : Pinkertons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_National_Detective_Agency
And remember kids and comrades, we all have anarchists to thank for May Day being May Day. With bombs and beating hearts.