Sound Smart: The Haymarket Square Riot | History

Historian Yohuru Williams gives a crash course on a riot in Chicago's Haymarket Square that changed the labor movement in the United States.

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[fdee]

why did my teacher think THIS was a good source to get info from

[jonser]

This video leaves out a lot of important information.

[DReaper]

He said 8 were convicted. 4 were executed + 1 committed suicide + 2 were parted = 7. What about the 8th person?

[sydlawson]

If you *"want to sound smart about the haymarket riots"* this is not *"all you need to know"*

This video leaves out prominent details like the fact the prosecutor eluded to the men's innocence in court saying they were "No guiltier than the many men who follow them" and that an example should be made of them.
Two of the men convicted weren't even at the protest.

Also with all this talk of "radicalism" I think it's a worth while to mention that all the protesters were looking for was an eight hour day, Chicago was at this time an industrial nightmare and the fact the violence which erupted is STILL pinned on "radical Anarchism" is ridiculous. This even was entirely brought on by the pernicious actions of the police pushing people into a state of desperation and was one of the main events that pushed Anarchism from it's more peaceful roots into more terrorist areas.

[michelepaolini]

"How to sound smart"?! Why not just try to be smart?
It's like saying "I give you a way to pretend you are smart but you don't need to".

[emuriddle]

People were tired of being treated like garbage. Their leaders didn't listen to them. And somehow they get punished for standing up for themselves?


This was an event in history that should have never happened.
The one thing I feel bad about is those police officers, who were being used as a proxy by the people who abused those workers to being with.

[musicaldoge]

Sad to see such a rushed out product that a bunch of people will pass off as fact because of this video, when it’s really bias and poorly researched

[emmacorcoran]

i think my professor needs to brush up on what a primary source is because this ain't it.

[End-Result]

Strange how Prof Williams alludes several times to "radical" elements of the worker's movement, without going to into any detail. Peculiar way of giving Anarchists the credit they deserve... 🤔

[tomkastle]

The last minute jump to Mao was stupid and revealed the bias of this "crash course"

[lyraserpentine]

So, like, is there more to this video? There are a great many details missing.

[RayLRhodes]

1:26 Wouldn't there be four remaining?

[wetbadger]

Some say there were aliens at the first labor riots

[utterbullspit]

He's a historian? What are his creditentials and does he teach at a school?

[liszeng]

What was the triumph? The tragedy is people die and many injuries .... Plz answer!!!

[davidpeppers]

There's so little background. How had workers become so radicalized? How did such a mass movement start? Where did this start? Chicago? Elsewhere? Who were the people who spearheaded the movement? Who were the ones spurring them on?

Notice a pattern there? These are the questions a decent journalist should be asking. Why wouldn't a historian ask them too?

What were the consequences? I guess we eventually got the 8-hour day. When was that?

Now, the eight hour day provisions have been eroding away, with all the exceptions and mandatory overtime. Do you really have an eight hour day when your employer says overtime is MANDATORY? I guess most workers still get 1.5 X pay for overtime. It is still most workers who must be paid at least that for overtime? Of course, many are in the medical field, I believe all agricultural workers are exempt, but those are the only exceptions of which I am aware.

[bura-barivincentnwilo]

Names of the executed labour leaders and the one who committed suicide?

[seandavs]

How can I sound smart about something because I watched a biased TV historian tell me what to think?

Why not provide me with all the information? Might that make me not "sound smart?" or could that much info allow me to deliver the "wrong version of history" to someone else?

History is not up for debate according to Yohuru Williams. What he says is what ya get. And tell your friends so you "look smart." Thanks Yohuru.

Any historian, especially TV historians who tell you what to think instead of providing facts which spark debate are criminal revisionist at work. Beware.