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Labor Beat: The Ashes of Haymarket

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At his death in April, 2009, Chicago's Franklin Rosemont, scholar, surrealist poet, and, with partner Penelope Rosemont, head of Charles H. Kerr pub...
At his death in April, 2009, Chicago's Franklin Rosemont, scholar, surrealist poet, and, with partner Penelope Rosemont, head of Charles H. Kerr publishing company, had long been a vigorous advocate for labor history and local authority on our city's role in it. In 2003 he discusses the Haymarket Affair and visits Waldheim (now Forest Home) Cemetery, where lay the Haymarket anarchist victims of a police provocation, along with later generations of radicals. Lucy Parsons, wife of Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons, is buried a few feet from the Haymarket monument, which is visited by guests from around the world. A portion of Joe Hill's ashes were also scattered here. At the anniversary of his passing, Labor Beat presents for the first time on the Internet this brief visit with Franklin Rosemont in his world, doing what he did best...taking us back through this rich history,with good stories and some jokes too. 14 minutes. Produced by Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. Labor Beat is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member of IBEW 1220. Views are those of the producer Labor Beat. For info: mail@laborbeat.org, www.laborbeat.org. 312-226-3330. For other Labor Beat videos, visit Google Video, YouTube, or blip.tv and search "Labor Beat". Less
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