October 8, is the anniversary of the strike at Standard Oil’s Bayonne, N.J., refineries. In the course of the ten-day strike, 4 people were killed and 86 wounded. The free press demonstrated collusion between the corporation and the city authorities in what John Reed described as a police riot. Yet, not a word of this is mentioned in the Rockefeller biographies.

The Bayonne Refinery Strikes of 1915-1916 were labor actions of refinery workers in Bayonne, New Jersey, mostly Polish-Americans, who struck against Rockefeller-owned Standard Oil and Tidewater Petroleum plants.

On October 8th, 1916, thousands of Standard Oil workers went on strike, demanding higher wages. The strikers faced fierce opposition from law enforcement, and the labor action became violent. In the course of the ten-day strike, 4 people were killed and 86 were wounded.

According to communist journalist John Reed (an eyewitness to the strike action), this was the first time in an industrial dispute where police announced that their explicit objective was to break the strike.

Multiple journalists in Bayonne criticized mainstream press as portraying the strikers and protesters as more violent than they actually were; according to Reed and others, the violence was initiated by police themselves.

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  • Kanna [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Tfw you want to talk about a problematic band's music, but probably better not to. Odd thing where you still like the music, but don't want to praise a band with (at least) 1 shitty person

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      This is why I deliberately don't learn things about bands. I just want to listen to my music and grill. If they're terrible people I'll worry about it in the next life.

      • Kanna [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        That's very understandable lol. Tbh it doesn't affect how I enjoy their music, I'm just mindful of the baggage their name has now

    • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I really like red hot chili peppers and went to one of their concerts and it was amazing, and then one of my friends told me that half of them are alleged sex offenders or something so that sucks

    • Fartster [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Now I want to know what band you are thinking of. I still listen to Ryan Adams. I love his music and Neal Casal played with him for a while. He's an asshole but honestly, I think the media did him dirty.

      • Kanna [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Well this comment is pretty buried now, so I just wanted to say Science Fiction was an incredible album for Brand New to go out on. I've listened to it in full twice this week and it reminded me how good it is

          • Kanna [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            That's such a good song. My favorite on that album is Luca. The last minute goes so hard, I love it