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Today in Labor History March 7, 1932: Over 3,000 people, led by the United Auto Workers, marched on the main Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Workers on the Ford Hunger March were demanding that laid off colleagues be rehired. They also demanded a slow-down of the assembly lines and an end to the evictions of unemployed workers from their homes. Marchers carried banners saying "Give Us Work," "We Want Bread Not Crumbs," and "Tax the Rich and Feed the Poor." During the protests, police opened fire with machine guns, killing 4 and injuring 60. A fifth worker died later from his wounds. The Unemployed Council (part of the Communist Party) also supported the march.
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@v0lvagia
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What would happen if all those gov't workers fired by Musk marched on Washington and camped there like the Bonus Marchers?
@LevZadov
Probably get shot by the military who have had all their nonpartisan JAGs replaced by MAGA loyalists
MacArthur's performance agajnst the Bonus Marchers that day cost him the chance to lead the anti-FDR bankers' coup whose plotters were exposed by Smedley Butler. The plan had been to arm veterans from the American Legion to duplicate Mussolini's March On Rome. MacArthur was to lead them. After he ed the charge on the Bonus camp, no veteran would follow him. That's why the coup plotters tried to recruit Butler for the role.
@LevZadov interesting. I didn't know that part
FDR sent him to the Philippines to get him away from the seat of power. He'd been, in effect, kicked upstairs. That's why he was there when WWII broke out. For details, read: