Lucy Parsons Part 3 of 3 - Final ~ The Alexander Articles

We finish off the life of the woman ‘more dangerous than a thousand rioters’ as Tim and Derek discuss the rise of American syndicalism, Lucy Parsons’ role in the birth of the Industrial Workers of the World, the violent crackdowns of the First Red Scare, and Lucy’s drift away from anarchism and towards communism in the waning years of her life, spurred by her disappointment at the defeat of the cause of labor and her new hope in the potential of the workers’ revolution in Russia.
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