Top: A 1921 strike by South St. Paul meat packers brought out National Guard troops equipped with bayonet fixed rifles.
Bottom left: A 1933 farm rally seeking a foreclosure moratorium - which lawmakers granted.
Bottom right: The 1934 Minneapolis truckers strike involved a range of workers who clashed with thugs hired by a business-backed group called the Citizens Alliance.
Hear reporter Dan Olson talk with author Rhoda Gilman about Minnesota’s protest tradition, which dates back to the 1800s.
(Images courtesy Minnesota Historical Society)
 7PM, Feb 23 2012 |
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