David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

Presser became convinced that the US was lurching toward a cataclysmic battle between Labor and Capitol. He recruited 30 fellow German and Czech immigrants into a militia against the coming class war. They got hold of Civil War surplus rifles and began to practice with them. 6/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 6, 2021

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Like many Chicago working men, Presser was radicalized by the sharp downturn in the US economy after the return to the gold standard in 1873. As prices plunged, factory owners cut wages. Workers resisted. Factory owners recruited armed enforcers against their workers. 5/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 6, 2021

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Appalled, the Illinois legislature in 1879 passed a law creating a National Guard as its state militia - and requiring any other would-be militias to request a license from the state governor. Presser's little group applied and was refused. 7/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 6, 2021