Produced by:
KBOO
Air date:
Mon, 07/06/2015 - 12:00am
Remembering Blood WEdnesday
Joe Clement talks with Ryan Wisnor about Blood Wednesday, a labor battle fought during the auspicious year of 1934, when general strikes erupted in Portland and other West Coast port cities. In particular, striking longshoreworkers blocked the train that runs near Pier Park and were met with police, who fired on the workers and sent them running for cover in the Douglas Firs. Thought they suffered losses that day, the strikers ultimately prevailed through community support and helped galvanize workers up and down the West Coast. Their talk is bracketed by a short documentary podcast the Ryan produced, and remarks on the Pacific Northwest Labor Association's guided tour on the anniversary (July 11).
Ryan Wisnor is a graduate student of history at Portland State University, and a trustee of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association.
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