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Plutocracy I: Divide and Rule

Plutocracy I: Divide and Rule

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 1, 2015

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

History, Documentary

User Score

100%

Original Title

Plutocracy I: Divide et Impera

Director

Scott Noble

Description

History of US labor movements and their suppression. It includes sections on the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; Reconstruction; Industrialization; the evolution of the police; the robber barons; early American labor unions; and major mid-to-late 19th Century labor events including the uprising of 1877, the Haymarket Affair, the Homestead strike and the New Orleans General Strike. The introduction examines the West Virginian coal wars of the early 20th Century, culminating in the Battle of Blair Mountain.