1. Winnipeg General Strike 1919
... western Canada provided an additional reason for the Anglo-Canadians to demand greater control of the alien community. Businesses in labor-intensive industries charged that the Industrial Workers of the World and socialist organizations were undermining the economy. When the Bolshevik's victory in Russia was complete these complaints grew more common. Security officials were also concerned about the possibility of ... noisy with extraordinary complaints" (Creighton, 1970, p. 158). Economic and social pressures pent up by the war were now being released into society. The example of the Ru...
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