James Green (1944-2016) was an historian and the author of six books on American labor and radical movements, including Death in the Haymarket. His last book, The Devil Is Here in These Hills, inspired a 2016 PBS documentary, The Mine Wars.
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On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a Chicago labor rally, wounding dozens of policemen, seven of whom eventually died. A wave of mass hysteria swept the country, leading to a sensational trial, that culminated in four controversial executions, and dealt a... SEE MORE