Free Film

Past event
May 1, 2021, 4 to 6:15 PM

Celebrate May Day and learn about a major event in American labor history with the Barre Historical Society's free on-line showing of "Haymarket–the Bomb, the Anarchists, the Labor Struggle," Saturday, May 1, 4-6:15 p.m. "Haymarket" investigates the 1886 Chicago Haymarket Affair, when a bomb disrupted a peaceful rally in support of an eight-hour work day. The panic and violence that followed left at least eleven people dead and led to the trial and conviction of 7 workers' rights activists. To register for the free film and following discussion with filmmaker Adrien Prawica go to https://laborhall.eventbrite.com/.

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