On December 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law at 11 PM, a shocking move that lasted only six hours before being unanimously rejected by the National Assembly. Claiming to protect against ‘anti-state forces’, Yoon’s decree was widely seen as an …
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On April 18, 1912, approximately 7,500 coal miners in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek districts of West Virginia went on strike against abysmal conditions in company-owned towns, initiating fifteen months of armed conflict that would see the declaration of martial law, the imprisonment of …
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Violent confrontation erupts between striking silver and lead miners and company guards at mines in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, after union workers discover a Pinkerton agent has infiltrated their organization and routinely provided confidential union information to mine owners. The violence follows …
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