Podcasts History This Day in Esoteric Political History The Calumet Christmas Tragedy (1913) w/ Erik Loomis

The Calumet Christmas Tragedy (1913) w/ Erik Loomis

Published: Dec. 19, 2021, 7:09 p.m.

It\u2019s December 19th. In 1913, on Christmas Eve, 73 people, 59 of them children, died during a stampede at a gathering in the mining town of Calumet, Michigan.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by labor historian Erik Loomis to discuss the Calumet tragedy, the brutal working conditions in the mines, the union organizing that was taking place at the time \u2014 and whether the tragedy was a result of company operatives.

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Erik Loomis is associate professor of history at the University of Rhode Island and author of \u201cA History of America in Ten Strikes.\u201d Follow him on Twitter.

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