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Berkman, Union Sq., 4/11/14 -- I.W.W. (LOC)

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  • Richard Norton said:
    Alexander Berkman (November 21, 1870 – June 28, 1936) was an anarchist known for his political activism and writing. He was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Berkman
  • J Manfre said:
    This was during the mine strike in Colorado that led to the infamous Ludlow Massacre a few days later -- Berkman and the Wobblies had been leading solidarity demonstrations in New York in support of the miners, and this was likely one of those, I would guess.
  • J Manfre said:
    Also, less than a week before this, Wobblies were clubbed and arrested by the New York police for demonstrations in Union Square: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10C12FA3D5E13...
  • swanq said:
    NYT of April 12, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9501E6DA133DE333A... describes the 4/11/1914 demonstration.
  • Wystan said:
    Other Bain/LOC photos of the I.W.W. rally in Union Square, New York City:

Alex. Berkman (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
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    Alex. Berkman [on crutches] (LOC)

Berkman, Marie Ganz -- Mulberry Park, 5/1/14 (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    26 Broadway (on banner with skull and crossbones is the address of the Standard Oil building and where John D. Rockefeller had his offices.
  • swanq said:
    This IWW rally in Mulberry Park was mentioned in NYT of May 2, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A0CE3D9153AE733A... in lefthand column of second page. The previous day, Marie Ganz had forced her way into the Standard Oil building, as reported in NYT of May 1, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9405E1DE173AE633A...
  • swanq said:
    A few years later she wrote a memoir, Rebels; Into Anarchy--and Out Again lccn.loc.gov/20000219
  • Cynthia Wenslow said:
    Berkman is Alexander Berkman.
  • Art Siegel said:
    Mulberry Park (the term used by the New York Times), also called Mulberry Bend Park, was built on the site of Mulberry Bend, the slum location exposed for its inhuman and wretched conditions of disease, filth and crime by the reformer (and photographer) Jacob Riis. The demolition of these slums and the building of the park were crusades championed by Riis. His account of the conditions and the building of the park (completed in 1897) is a bit long-winded, but still fascinating: "The Bend is laid by the Heels" www.bartleby.com/207/11.html No doubt Mulberry Bend Park's history made it an ideal place to rally May Day marchers by the Anarchists of the day, like Berkman and Ganz. From there, as the Times article cited above recounts, they marched uptown to Union Square where a sort of melee ensued. The Times' coverage is very colorful, though it seems unnecessarily Runyonesque and a bit condescending as well. Mulberry Bend Park had been renamed Columbus Park in 1911, though neither Bain nor the Times referred to it as such in 1914. Old habits die hard. www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M015/highlights/6430 A useful overview of the main characters and events of Spring, 1914 (of which the Bain Collection has many pictures) can be found at: userwww.sfsu.edu/~jmmoran/edelsohn.htm