1. Winnipeg General Strike 1919
... triumphant from the Dominion Election (Bercuson, 1974). Growing industrial unrest particularly in 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 ... press was suppressed and a number of socialist and anarchist organizations were outlawed. Most of the membership of these organizations were immigrants (Bercuson, 1974...
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