On this day in 1927, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) called a strike of all mine workers, which was quickly heeded in Colorado. Nearly all the mines in Colorado were closed, and the dozen still open did so using imported scab labor. For the still-operating Columbine mine, scab workers were housed in Serene, which was fortified with barbed wire on the fences and armed guards.

Mass rallies had been held by workers outside the Columbine mine in Serene for several weeks and, on the morning of November 21st, miners and their families were fired upon by a militia of ex-police, armed with machine guns and tear gas. Six people were killed, and the event became known as the "Columbine Massacre".

The owner of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, Josephine Roche, brought an end to the strike several weeks after the incident at Columbine by declaring that the company union was to be affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and recognizing the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). The backbone of IWW support in the Colorado mines was broken, and the revolutionary union went into decline.

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  • Gamer_time [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Why yes it does, especially since Quisling was Norwegian. Sadly all I said today was "Nazi apologist" as I passed behind them. Was mostly too angry to think today.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Quisling was Norwegian

      that's why I wanted to check if he's still despised and/or gets used as an insult as a gauge for how revisionist the mainstream view has gotten in Norwegian culture

      • Gamer_time [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I think the only reason we've yet to elect (a majority of) fascists into parliament is because a Nazi blew up a government building and shot 70 teenagers in 2011. If that never happened we'd have been doing goosesteps on the 17th of may way before Denmark and Sweden.