Episode 9: Sangre de Cristo

Becky Edelsohn addressing the crowd in Union Square, July 11, 1914
(Source: Library of Congress)

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TRANSCRIPT

During a murderous coal strike in Colorado, Alexander Berkman leads protests in John D. Rockefeller’s hometown. Three of his friends are killed when a bomb they’re building explodes in their apartment, and Emma Goldman is furious at him over his management of Mother Earth while she was away.
With guests Thomas Andrews and Thai Jones

"strikers Tent Colony ludlow Colorado 1914"

Source: Denver Public Library

"Near view of ruins Ludlow Tent Colony," 1914

Source: Denver Public Library

Members of the Colorado National Guard posing in the ruins of the Ludlow tent colony, 1914

Source: Denver Public Library

Becky Edelsohn under arrest in Tarrytown, June 6, 1914

Source: Library of Congress

Lillian Rubell, Becky Edelsohn, Louise Berger, and Alexander Berkman, 1914

Source: Wikimedia Commons

"House wrecked by Caron bomb," 1914

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Front cover of Mother Earth, July 1914

Source: Google Books

Becky Edelsohn addressing the crowd in Union Square, July 11, 1914

Source: Library of Congress