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The Difference the Right Politician Makes in 2:00
http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/june-6-the-difference-the-right-politician-makes/
June 6, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1894. That was the day that the Colorado state militia troops came to Cripple Creek to intervene in a mining strike. But unlike every other time in US mining history that a state militia was called out, the state troops did not have their guns pointed at the miners.
2:00 minute audio at link.
