Episode Notes

One of the most explosive events of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike: The Battle of Deputies' Run!

Over the course of two days -- May 21-22 -- the Minneapolis City Market became a battleground of class war. Thousands of strikers, supported by crowds numbering over 10,000, fought with over a thousand policemen and special deputies (the private army of businessmen, professionals, and frat boys).

As striker Jack Maloney said later, "the employers were ready and determined to kill if needed to maintain their control. I was determined to make them prove it and so it was with so many men at that time. They knew what to expect on Monday or the next day and they were ready to ‘go for broke.’ At Bearman’s the pickets had a sample of what to expect. The cops won that battle but on Monday the pickets gave their receipt for Saturday.”

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Sources: Teamster Rebellion by Farrell Dobbs, American City by Charles Rumford Walker, The Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 by Philip Korth, Revolutionary Teamsters by Bryan D. Palmer, and Union Against Unions by William Millikan.

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