May 2024

Punks With Books

Michael Dunn / May 28, 2024 / Labor History / 3 Comments

On Sunday, May 26, 2024, during the Memorial Day weekend, I had the privilege of reading from my novel, Anywhere But Schuylkill, at the Punks With Books event. James Tracy organized the collective readings and books signings at Avantpop Bookstore, Las Vegas. It was adjacent to the Punk Rock Bowling music festival that also occurred […]

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Tom Mooney and Warren Billings

Michael Dunn / May 19, 2024 / Labor History / 1 Comment

Victims of San Francisco's 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing By Unknown author - The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.), 27 July 1916. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. , Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46498604

On July 22, 1916, someone set off a bomb during the pro-war “Preparedness Day” parade in San Francisco. The bomb killed ten people and injured forty more. A jury convicted two labor leaders, Tom Mooney and Warren Billings, based on the false testimony of Martin Swanson, a detective with a long history of interfering in

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