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Turning Tides: Links In the Chain: Iron on the Wind, 1879 - 1898: Episode 2

Turning Tides··17 July 2026·1h 37m

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Turning Tides: Links in the Chain will discuss the American labor movement. The second episode, Iron on the Wind, will cover the period from 1879 to 1898, in which the Haymarket affair erupted into the country's first red scare, leading to the Homestead and Pullman strikes, which ignited the flames of the national labor movement in the United States.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.comEpisode 2 Sources:1. There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America, by Philip Dray2. Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America, by James Green3. Understanding Race, Labor, and Radicalism in the United States from the Unusual Perspective of Lucy Parsons4. The Sons of Molly Maguire: the Irish Roots of America's First Labor War, by Mark Bulik5. The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike, by W. F. Burns6. Labor and Freedom: The Old Umbrella Mender, Coming Nation, March, 1st, 1913, by Eugene V. Debs7. The Reformer, poem by John Greenleaf Whittier8. Workingmen, to Arms!!!, REVENGE! Circular, by August Spies9. Wikipedia