The Seattle General Strike
b'While the United States is in the throes of upheaval over police murders, we take a historical look back at another time of great social ferment: a century ago, when the workers of Seattle shut that city down. The first major general strike in the United States coincided with the last widespread pandemic \\u2014 the Spanish influenza. Historian Cal Winslow reflects on the Seattle general strike of 1919.\\nResources:\\nCal Winslow, Radical Seattle: The General Strike of 1919 Monthly Review Press, 2020\\nThe post The Seattle General Strike appeared first on KPFA.'