Description: In part 2, Bill and Rachel discuss the historic (and present-day) role of the Pinkerton Detectives in infiltrating and disrupting labor unions.
Links and notes for Ep. 324 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AFD-Ep-324-Links-and-Notes-The-Pinkertons-Part-2.pdf
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Description: Bill and Rachel discuss the role of Pinkerton strike-breaking during the Second Industrial Revolution. To be continued next week.
Links and notes for Ep. 323 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AFD-Ep-323-Links-and-Notes-The-Pinkertons-Part-1.pdf
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Description: Bill, Kelley, and Rachel look back at four things from a hundred years ago, including the Senate failure of the Treaty of Versailles, the launch of the radio broadcast industry, the 19th amendment, and a small postal reform.
Links and notes for ep. 320 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AFD-Ep-320-Links-and-Notes-1920-Look-Back.pdf
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Description: Bill, Rachel, and Kelley explain the political crisis hurting the US postal system and then discuss the history of mail service in the United States.
Links and notes for ep. 319 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AFD-Ep-319-Links-and-Notes-Crisis-on-Infinite-Post-Office-Boxes.pdf
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Description: Bill, Kelley, and Rachel discuss the 1982 deregulation of intercity buses in the United States, its impact on rural isolation, and the current state of the industry.
Links and notes for ep. 318 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AFD-Ep-318-Links-and-Notes-Intercity-Bus-Deregulation.pdf
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Description: Bill, Kelley, and Rachel discuss the history and present of US prison labor.
Links and notes for ep. 317 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AFD-Ep-317-Links-and-Notes-Prison-Labor.pdf
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Description: Bill, Rachel, and Kelley discuss three noteworthy midwestern progressive governors of the 1890s and 1910s.
Links and notes for ep. 316 (PDF): http://arsenalfordemocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AFD-Ep-316-Links-and-Notes-Hazen-Pingree-John-Altgeld-Thomas-Marshall.pdf
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