Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, born on this day in 1887 and nicknamed for his bright red hair, was a Canadian socialist and labor activist whose murder by police while protesting conscription led to the first general strike in Canada.
Born in Yorkshire, England on May 10th, 1887, Goodwin immigrated to Canada in 1909, at the age of 19, working as a coal miner in Nova Scotia.
In Canada, he organized with the Socialist Party of Canada and became a notable labor leade during the 1912–1914 Coal Miner's Strike against Canadian Collieries. Following the strike, he was blacklisted and was forced to move away from Cumberland to find work.
In 1916, he joined the Mining and Smelter workers Union and was elected as Secretary for the Trail chapter. Following his involvement with trade unions, Goodwin entered politics running as a candidate for the Socialist Party of Canada in the 1916 British Columbian election, although he did not win.
As World War I broke out, Goodwin became an outspoken advocate against the draft, initially refusing to sign up. Eventually, he was compelled to be drafted, and, after exhausting multiple appeals against his conscription, he fled into the hills of Cumberland, British Columbia.
On July 27th (some sources say July 26th), Goodwin was shot and killed by a member of the Dominion Police, who had ventured into the hills surrounding Comox Lake to locate men evading the draft and arrest them for their evasion. The officer who killed Goodwin successfully claimed self-defense in court, although it is unknown how the two actually encountered each other.
In protest to his murder, the first general strike in Canada, the Vancouver General Strike, took place on August 2nd, 1918. In 2015, a film about his life titled "Goodwin's Way" was released.
"War is simply part of the process of Capitalism. Big financial interests are playing the game. They'll reap the victory, no matter how the war ends."
- Albert Goodwin
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Broke up with my girlfriend. It was mutual and 2-3 weeks coming. I was getting seriously sad with how much she'd ignore me and how indifferent she was to me, so I'll at least be feeling better than that soon.
It's rough. I dont know if this will help you at all, but I try to think of breakups as like recovering from an injury. Gotta be gentle with yourself for a while and remember that every day brings you closer to full recovery.
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I need to learn how to assertively and quickly exit conversations with people on too much coke. I'm too friendly and just wasted an hour on the worst conversation ever cause they were too fucked up to remember anything past the last sentence I said
But they were so friendly and wanted to chat ughhhhhh
If only I were
instead of
When I started my new job everyone was like "whoa we're so CraZY here! Welcome to the madhouse! You must have a screw loose to stay here!" and it's literally just a normal kitchen. It just gets busy sometimes that's as crazy as it gets
Holy shit I almost forgot but the 3 people I met after the afterparty was going to an after afterparty and drove there while super fucked up on coke and alcohol
I didn't even know they were driving until we parted ways and they yelled at me from the car when they passed me again
Growing up is realising A LOT of people drive high and/or drunk
Every day at work I drink a liter of water, immediately have to piss, go to fill my bottle, drink some more, piss some more. I'm a menace
About 2 months ago my friend bought me a Thermoflask and it's one of the greatest gifts I ever received. I love it so much I asked her where she got it so I can buy 2 more.
She said walmart and was making a online order and asked if I wanted her to order them for me.
Heck ya.
They show up. 100 mother fucking maple bucks each.
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Wtf she thinking buying $100 water bottles as gifts.
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Who owns $300 worth of water bottles? People that get the gulag is who.
They are really nice water bottles tho.
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OMG look at this communist
the Dutch communist party made for the background of their BBQ invite
Showcurrently at a work conference being forced to listen to a CEO ghoul who did diversity and inclusion consulting for the London 2012 Olympics ramble on and on about diversity without proposing even one concrete idea. I fucking hate liberals
Death to America
I'm happy that your trip has been great so far, and thanks for updating us on it
You weren't really that close, it's more so that you crossed the ocean and got into the same country. I think of you all as little Americans in my phone
Socially inept John Wick who wants to order his usual hotdog but the cashier thinks it's part of the assassin underworld thing (it's not, he just wants a hotdog) and so they hand John Wick a silenced pistol or something and he's too awkward to correct them so he pays with his gold doubloons and he didn't even get a hotdog
Nu-Peterson owns lmao I'm so happy for him now that he's just let his brain melt outta his skull for all to see