A History of the World According to David Rovics EPISODE 3

This Week with David Rovics

This episode covers events that took place from 1917-1921.

• The rise and fall of the Working Class Union in Oklahoma
• Danish syndicalism and the Battle of the Borso
• World War 1 and the Pandemic of 1918
• The Russian Revolution and US invasion of Russia
• The Winnipeg General Strike
• The Industrial Workers of the World and the lynching of Wesley Everest
• The Palmer Raids
• Kelly Butte and the use of prison labor in Oregon
• The Tulsa Race Massacre
• The Battle of Blair Mountain

There's no need to start at the beginning, necessarily, but all the episodes out so far can be found at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld, along with notes on each of them.