- HELLO.
TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE HAYMARKET RIOT.
CHICAGO, HUGE INDUSTRIAL CITY.
IT'S, LIKE, THE 1880s.
AUGUST SPIES MOVED FROM GERMANY.
HE'S WORKED FOR A, UH, GERMAN SOCIALIST NEWSPAPER.
HE'S LIKE, ALL RIGHT, LET'S-- WE NEED--WE NEED, UH,
WE NEED BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS, THIS AND THAT.
THEY WERE HAVING A BIG RALLY IN FRONT OF THE MCCORMICK PLANT.
THEY MECHANIZED THE WHOLE PLANT,
BUT THE WORKERS, THEY'RE NOT HAVING IT.
THEY'RE LIKE, NO, [bleep] THIS! THIS IS OUR SKILL!
THIS IS WHAT-- THIS IS THE UNION.
SO, THEY'RE ON STRIKE. AUGUST SPIES WAS THERE.
AUG--AUG--UH, SPIES.
HE--HE GOES THERE AND HE GIVES A SPEECH.
HE'S LIKE, STICK WITH YOUR UNION.
BE SOLID. YOU KNOW, JU--JUST [bleep]...
BE--YOU KNOW, BE TOGETHER.
DON'T GO... CRAZY OR NOTHING,
BUT JUST BE WITH YOUR GROUP.
BE, YOU KNOW-- BE--BE SOLID.
THEY HAD COPS THERE, OF COURSE. THEY GOT COPS THERE.
WELL, [bleep] GOES WRONG.
SOME OF THE STRIKING WORKERS,
THEY RUSH THE GATES AT THE MCCORMICK PLANT.
THE COPS, THEY SHOOT.
THEY KILL A COUPLE OF THE STRIKERS.
SPIES SEES THIS.
HE SEES THIS AND HE'S LIKE, OH, THIS IS BULL[bleep].
LET'S NOT DO THIS, AND A LOT OF FANCY WORDS.
LET'S OP--LET'S OPEN THE DOOR IN CASE I BARF.
NO, NO, NO.
I JUST FELL OUT OF THE CHAIR A LITTLE BIT.
- WOULD YOU LIKE-- I LOVE LAYING ON MY FLOOR, TOO.
LIKE, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO GET BACK IN THE CHAIR.
- IT'S A GOOD-- IT'S A GOOD FLOOR.
- IT'S A GREAT HARDWOOD FLOOR.
- AND, UH, HE GOES BACK.
HE WRITE--HE WRITES A PROTEST, OR WHATEVER.
THE WHOLE THING IS, LIKE, GET AN EIGHTH HOUR--
EIGHT--EIGHT-HOUR WORK DAY.
OKAY, JUST--JUST GET AN EIGHTH-- AN EIGHT-HOUR WORK DAY,
AND IT'S JUST UNDERMINED, BECAUSE THAT--
THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'RE TRYING TO [bleep] WITH US.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FORCE CONFLICT.
AND IT JUST [bleep] WITH THE EIGHT-HOUR WORK DAY.
CLICK-CLACK, CLICKETY-CLACK.
SO HE WRITES THIS WHOLE THING.
GIVE IT A HEADLINE, MAKE SURE IT GETS OUT THERE.
WELL, THE GUY WHO GIVES IT A HEADLINE,
IT JUST SAYS, "REVENGE." AND HE'S LIKE,
NO, WE DON'T STAND FOR VIOLENCE!
BUT IT GOES OUT.
REVENGE! AND WE WANT EIGHT HOURS!
LIKE, NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE [bleep] ANYMORE.
THERE'S ALREADY A LABOR--
ARE WE GONNA [bleep] AROUND, OR WE GONNA DO
A GODDAMN TV SHOW?
THEY'RE TALKING, AND THEY'RE--
AND THEY'RE SPEAKING THEIR MINDS ON IT.
EVEN HARRISON, THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO, SHOWS UP,
LIKE, I'M HERE. I'M NOT UPSET ABOUT THIS.
THEY'RE SPEAKING THEIR MINDS. IT'S COOL.
WHAT ABOUT--BUT-- THEY'RE ANARCHISTS.
I'M NOT SUG--THEY'RE JUST DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING,
AND THEY'RE NOT SAYING ANYTHING TERRIBLE.
I'M THE MAYOR. I SAID THIS IS COOL.
LET 'EM--LET 'EM GO. I'M TAKING OFF.
ONE OF THE GUYS IS UP THERE.
GUYS, GUYS, HEY.
WE'RE GETTING--WE'RE GETTING-- WE'RE BUSTING OUR ASSES HERE.
HE INVOKES THE GUYS THAT DIED
THE DAY BEFORE AT THE MCCORMICK PLANT,
AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING RILED UP.
SO THE POLICE STEPPED IN AND SAID,
ALL RIGHT, NOPE, NOPE. WE'RE GONNA STEP IN.
WE NEED YOU TO DISPERSE
IN THE NAME OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED YOU TO GET GOING.
TAKE A HIKE. YOU'RE DONE.
THIS BOMB COMES HURLING IN.
NOBODY KNOWS WHERE IT CAME FROM.
NOBODY KNEW WHO THREW THE BOMB.
KABOOM. ALL IN ALL, CHAOS.
THE HAYMARKET RIOT.
SHOTS--SHOTS GO OFF.
EIGHT PEOPLE DIE.
[groaning]
ARE WE GOING? - YEP.
READY WHEN YOU ARE. - [groans]
WHAT HAPPENS THE NEXT DAY, IT'S MARTIAL LAW.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. THE NEXT DAY, IT'S MARTIAL LAW.
THEY ARREST EIGHT PEOPLE, INCLUDING AUGUST SPIES.
AND NO--NO EVIDENCE.
NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY BUILT BOMBS.
THEY ARREST THEM ALL UNDER THE GUISE OF CONSPIRACY.
BULL[bleep]!
SPIES WAS LIKE, NO, I STAND WITH THESE GUYS.
I-I PROCLAIM MY INNOCENCE, BUT I'M STANDING WITH EVERYBODY.
SO, THE NEXT EDITOR OF THE
DON'T HANG THEM. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE
THAT ALLOW YOU TO BE A MILLIONAIRE BUSINESS OWNER.
DO YOU WANT TO START A WAR WITH THESE PEOPLE?
'CAUSE ONCE THESE PEOPLE DECIDE TO GO, [bleep] YOU,
YOU'RE [bleep] OUT OF LUCK.
EXCEPT THE GUY THEY GOT IN IT, MARSHALL [bleep] FIELD,
THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIALIST IN CHICAGO AT THE TIME.
WE SHOULD AGREE WITH THE LABOR LEADERS.
NOPE, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
I WILL NOT CONCEDE TO THESE PEOPLE,
THESE DIRTY, LONG-HAIRED, FILTHY [bleep] ANARCHIST
SOCIALIST, GARBAGE, PIECES OF PEOPLE.
SQUASH LABOR LEADERS. SQUASH IT ALL.
HANG THE BASTARDS!
[vomiting]
LET'S BE HONEST. LET'S BE HONEST.
LET'S BE HONEST. - LET'S BE HONEST.
- [groans]
SPIES SAID, OUR SILENCE IS POWERFUL!
MORE SO THAN YOUR OTHER STUFF.
THE DAY WILL COME...
[laughs]
I'M WATCHING IT [bleep] SWISH AROUND,
AND I'M MAD ABOUT IT. I GOT THIS.
- DUDE-- - I GOT THIS!
I LIT A FRAGRANCE CANDLE FOR YOU [bleep] DICKS.
[groaning]
- [retches]
NO. - [groans]
[both vomiting]
- DON'T PUT ALL YOUR WEIGHT ON THE PAN.
- AND NOW...
WE ONLY WORK EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
[sniffs]
[hacking]
- EIGHT HOURS A DAY. - [coughs]