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GeoffLawes Any September Songs? (284* d) RE: Any September Songs? 25 Sep 25


23 September 1913The start of The Colorado Coalfield War, a major labour uprising organized by the United Mine Workers of America against the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel and Iron in central Colorado. The Ludlow Massacre was an incident in the struggle and Woody Guthrie wrote his song The“ Ludlow Massacre” about it
Colorado Coalfield War
, article from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Coalfield_War
Frank Hayes (unionist), article from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hayes_(unionist)

COLORADO STRIKE SONG (WE’RE COMING COLORADO)   - John McCutcheon       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tft79_HeKmk
LUDLOW MASSACRE  - Various recordings on YouTube by Woody Guthrie and others       https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ludlow+massacre+song
Ludlow Massacre Sources     article from Colorado State University     https://guides.library.csupueblo.edu/c.php?g=503652&p=3448572
BLOODY LUDLOW  - Oliver Vincent Hirsch       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stuTvrsjn-g&t=35s
THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF LUDLOW  - Tom Breiding       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyFj8F6h2l0


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