Turning Tides: Links In the Chain: Combinations and Conspiracies, 1781 - 1878: Episode 1

Turning Tides: Links in the Chain will discuss the American labor movement. The first episode, Combinations and Conspiracies, will cover the period from 1781 to 1878, in which the American labor movement grew in tandem with the burgeoning nation's industrial power, culminating in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.If you'd like to donate or sponsor the podcast, our PayPal is @TurningTidesPodcast1, or you can donate to us through our Buy Me a Coffee link: buymeacoffee.com/theturningtidespodcast. Thank you for your support!Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment. Researched and written by Joseph PasconeEdited and revised by Melissa Marie BrownIntro and Outro created by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone using Motion Array Website: https://theturningtidespodcast.weebly.com/IG/Threads/YouTube/Facebook: @theturningtidespodcastBluesky/Mastodon: @turningtidespodEmail: theturningtidespodcast@gmail.com Bluesky/Mastodon/IG/YouTube/Facebook/Threads/TikTok: @antiksentEmail: antiksent@gmail.com Episode 1 Sources:1. There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America, by Philip Dray2. The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War, by Mark Bulik3. The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland, by Mark Kruger4. Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America, by James Green5. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: A 21st Century Translation and Commentary: Book 1: How Labor Drives Progress, by Jonathan Kolber6. The Civil War: A Narrative Series: Book 1: Sumter to Perryville, by Shelby Foote7. Marxist Internet Archive, http://www.marxists.org8. Song of Urbanization, Labor Strikes, and Child Labor, https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197381/9. Civil War Casualties and Troop Ethnicities, Opinion piece by David Anderson, https://www.wadenapj.com10. Trends in Migration to the U.S. by Philip Martin, https://www.prb.org11. Anarchy Archives, dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/index.html (http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/index.html)12. Wikipedia