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  Haymarket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haymarket is a section of Newcastle upon Tyne city centre.
Haymarket railway station is a railway station in the area of Edinburgh.
Haymarket Square is an area of Boston, Massachusetts still used for open-air markets, though several blocks from the historic square.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haymarket   (152 words)

  
 Haymarket Riot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Haymarket Riot on 4 May 1886 in Chicago, Illinois is the origin of international May Day observances and in popular literature inspired the inaccurate caricature of "the bomb-throwing anarchist".
In 1893 the Haymarket Martyrs Monument by sculptor Albert Weinert was raised at Waldheim.
In 1889 a commemorative nine-foot bronze statue of a Chicago policeman by sculptor Johannes Gelert was erected in the middle of Haymarket Square with private funds raised by the Union League Club of Chicago.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haymarket_riots   (1498 words)

  
 Haymarket, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haymarket is a town located in Prince William County, Virginia.
Haymarket, in northwest Prince William County, owes its location to an abandoned Indian hunting path which became Old Carolina Road.
Haymarket grew around the intersection of Carolina and Dumfries Roads.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haymarket,_Virginia   (451 words)

  
 Haymarket - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Haymarket is a street in the St James's district of the City of Westminister in London, England.
It was intended for legitimate drama, but the accoustics turned out to be more suitable for opera, and from 1710 to 1745, most operas and some oratorios of George Frederick Handel were premiered at this theatre, which was renamed the King's Theatre at the death of Queen Anne in 1714.
In earlier centuries Haymarket was also one of the most prominent centres of prostitution in London, but this is no longer the case.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /haymarket.htm   (502 words)

  
 haymarket riot
The accused perpetrators of the Haymarket Riot were generally hated across America, but, nevertheless, a crowd of 15,000 people went to the burial of the executed men at Waldheim Cemetery.
(Haymarket Revisited 26) Fielden, Neebe, and Schwab were all released from jail, and the injustice of the rulings handed out during the Haymarket Riot was at last shown for what it was.
Although the mystery of who actually did throw the bomb that started the riot was never solved, the Haymarket Riot was an event that opened the eyes of Americans around the country to the turmoil of the labor movement that was entangling and encompassing America.
www.uhigh.ilstu.edu /soc/labor/haymarket_riot.htm   (1563 words)

  
 Theatre Royal Haymarket: A History
The Haymarket was the most prominent of the illegitimate victims of this repressive legislation.
The seats were smashed; the scenery was torn down, and the wreckage carried into the street, where a bonfire was made of it; but for the timely appearance of the authorities the building itself would have been added to the fuel.
By the terms of the license, the Haymarket was permitted to stage legitimate drama during the summer months when the Patent theatres were closed.
www.theatrehistory.com /british/haymarket001.html   (700 words)

  
 The Dramas of Haymarket. A Web site review for the Journal for MultiMedia History, Volume 3 (2000).
The throwing of a bomb and the eventual death of seven police officers during an anarchist meeting in Haymarket Square in Chicago, followed by the trial of eight anarchists and execution of four (one committed suicide and three others were imprisoned) highlighted the new prominence of the labor question in American life.
Today, labor and social historians understand that Haymarket was actually a constituent part of the "great labor upheaval," a mass uprising of organized industrial workers against the oppressive conditions of an early urban-industrial market society.
To most civic leaders and the respectable classes in Gilded Age America, what was then called "the Haymarket Riot" was a horrifying instance of the dire threat posed by ignorant immigrants and the dangerous poor to republican liberty and the institutions of private property that guaranteed material progress.
www.albany.edu /jmmh/vol3/haymarket/haymarket.html   (1871 words)

  
 Haymarket Riot: Bloodshot Eyes: Pitchfork Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After all, it was supposedly anarchists who really got the party started at the Haymarket, Illinois labor protest, tossing a bomb into a group of policemen and killing seven of them (though some reports blame the police).
Haymarket Riot will hit on an appealing theme, then move on long before the motif is adequately "milked." So it is with "(The) Fight." It begins with some pep as the drums warm up to a breakbeat, but the band proceeds to wander into a straight-ahead punk frolic, then later to standard down-tempo balladry.
Haymarket Riot often fails to accomplish this; they sound like they're messing with dynamics just for the hell of it, or out of a sense of obligation.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/h/haymarket-riot/bloodshot-eyes.shtml   (554 words)

  
 The Haymarket Martyrs
Until a hangman's noose interrupted their crusade, the Haymarket Martyrs fought for a reform now so routine it is hard to imagine that it was ever controversial: The right of working people to an eight-hour workday instead of the 10- to 12-hour days employers then demanded.
A writer and educator who died in 1953, Kelly asked to be buried alongside the Haymarket Martyrs so that he might serve in the kind of post-mortem honor guard that has grown up around their graves.
The Haymarket Martyrs Monument has been declared a National Historic Landmark, a milestone to be celebrated Sunday with the unveiling of a plaque from the National Park Service.
members.tripod.com /%7ERedRobin2/index-54.html   (2422 words)

  
 Haymarket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It was intended for legitimate drama, but the acoustics turned out to be more suitable for opera, and from 1710 to 1745, most operas and some oratorios of George Frederick Handel were premiered at this theatre, which was renamed the King's Theatre at the death of Queen Anne in 1714.
One flier alleged that the police had murdered the strikers on behalf of the businesses--called for workers to seek justice for the murdered strikers and to fight back with weapons: "To arms, we call you, to arms!" Despite continued police attacks, the rally was held.
The Theatre Royal Haymarket or Haymarket Theatre is a theatre on the The Haymarket in London which dates back to 1720.
www.wwwtln.com /finance/93/haymarket.html   (1614 words)

  
 Lucy Parsons and the Haymarket Affair
This event, and the episode that followed in its wake, known as the Haymarket affair, the Haymarket massacre or the Haymarket tragedy, is the single historic event for which Lucy Parsons is best remembered.
Following the bomb at Haymarket the police responded the next day by rounding up several of the city's leading anarchist labor activists, including Lucy & Albert Parsons and several of their associates, none of which had anything to do with the bombing - most were not even at the event.
Labor activists the world over dedicated May 1st, May Day, on behalf of the Haymarket martyrs, and scores of radical labor activists and labor unions, including the Industrial Workers of the World, were inspired and moved to action by the tragedies of 1886.
www.lucyparsonsproject.org /haymarket.html   (766 words)

  
 The Haymarket Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Haymarket managed the successful, high-profile campaign of Justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald for the Illinois Supreme Court in 2000.
Haymarket developed and produced the state's most outstanding campaign literature and an award-winning campaign website.
Haymarket managed the successful, high-profile re-election campaign of Chicago Alderman Burton F. Natarus in 1999 and again in 2003, and continues today as headquarters for his ongoing political efforts.
www.haymarket.net /Work/campaigns.htm   (315 words)

  
 Bio
Fisher was born in Bremen, Germany and emigrated to America in 1873 and became a typesetter for the Arbeiter Zeitung.
Lingg was born in Germany and was the youngest of the eight accused.
There was not much evidence against him; he was only at the Haymarket for a few minutes, but a witness claimed to have seen him with Spies and Schnaubelt (the alleged bombthrower).
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/haymarket/BIO.HTM   (716 words)

  
 The Knights of Labor in the Haymarket Era - By Richard Schneirov
The dramatic explosion of the Haymarket bomb, the martyrdom of four anarchist leaders, and the enduring passions of partisans on both sides have identified the Haymarket Affair with Chicago's anarchist movement in the mind of the public.
Less than three months before Haymarket the only strikes of any consequence in the city were those of the skilled nailers, boxinakers and McCormick iron-molders, all resisting the effects of mechanization.
Immediately following the Haymarket bombing the Chicago Knights of Labor levelled a vituperative blast at the anarchists, claiming that they and their sympathizers I 'should be summarily dealt with.
www.lucyparsonsproject.org /haymarket/schneirov_nights_of_labor.html   (1901 words)

  
 Welcome to the "Original" website for the Historic Haymarket
Today, the Haymarket is located immediately west of the Old Market Square, near Downtown Lincoln, and marks the location of Lincoln's first City Hall built in 1886.
The Haymarket has since been certified by the National Park Service and is a federally certified historic district.
The Haymarket is more than just a tribute to history, it has become a thriving neighborhood.
www.historichaymarket.com   (261 words)

  
 Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Haymarket offers a complete service for building and developing your company's image through the production of innovative marketing material and the development of your website.
From design to print and internet service, Haymarket will assist you achieving the best quality, quickly and on-budget, regardless of the size of the job.
The Haymarket team has specialised expertise in each of these areas and will work together to ensure the success of projects.
www.haymarket.com.au   (90 words)

  
 Haymarket People's Fund
Haymarket People’s Fund is deeply distressed by the impact of Hurricane Katrina on thousands of people in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi.
Haymarket’s hearts go out to all who have suffered in this tragedy.
We urge all friends of Haymarket to contribute funds for the re-building of the Institute and for the sustenance of the People’s Institute staff and their families.
www.haymarket.org   (203 words)

  
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May 4 at the Haymarket, a site on Randolph between Halsted and Des Plaines Street, but due to low attendance it was moved a half block away to Des Plaines Street north of Randolph Street.
In his remarks he claimed the jury was selected to convict and the judge so prejudiced against the defendants that a fair trial was impossible.
The monument was originally situated in the middle of Haymarket Square, where street car lines were forced to swerve around it.
www.chipublib.org /004chicago/disasters/haymarket.html   (771 words)

  
 The Haymarket Affair 'Down Under'
By publishing the first reports of Haymarket to reach these shores, the capitalist press was able to print lies with impunity.
It was this global discontent that caused the Haymarket Affair, and it was also this discontent that made it clear to all workers that the Chicago anarchists were not enemies of liberty, but its truest defenders.
One of the most eloquent defenders of the Haymarket martyrs was J.A. Andrews, whose writings were marked by his individual blend of infallible reason and a generous humour.
www.takver.com /history/aia/aia00001.htm   (2401 words)

  
 Individualist Anarchism v. Communist Anarchism and Libertarianism, II
The Haymarket incident occurred in 1886, in Chicago which was a stronghold of communist anarchism.
I don't have time to go into the Haymarket incident other than to point out three things: first, the men involved in the Haymarket affair were communist anarchists who openly advocated violence, which is not to say they were guilty of any crime or to reduce their status as anarchist martyrs.
Second, the Haymarket incident and the public furor that followed it changed the public perception of anarchism by associating it firmly with violence.
www.zetetics.com /mac/agora2.htm   (2629 words)

  
 Haymarket | Boston Central
Haymarket is Boston's great outdoor market, where you can buy everything from fruits and vegetable to sugar cane to fish just off the boat.
Squashed between a modern hotel and what is left of the Central Artery, Haymarket seems precariously perched on the edge of extinction.
Haymarket is right around the corner from Quincy Market.
www.bostoncentral.com /events/tour/p1152.php   (374 words)

  
 Haymarket People's Fund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At any one time, Haymarket has over 100 volunteers serving in critical roles: community activists who decide where the monies should go most effectively for social change in their communities.
We have a whole spectrum of opportunities, from development planning of events, to fundraising, to answering our phone lines to helping with all the decisions that HPF is engaged in.
These instruments allow you to make a bequest to Haymarket People's Fund and, at the same time, provide for income and tax deductions during your lifetime and reduce or even eliminate estate taxes.
www.haymarket.org /giving.htm   (720 words)

  
 Haymarket News
A Haymarket woman charged with leaving her 5-month-old son in a van in the summer heat while she shopped at Costco pleaded guilty Tuesday to child neglect.
Saturday, September 24, 2005; Page B02 A lawyer hired by the Haymarket Town Council to investigate sexual harassment complaints in the police department concluded that a "hostile work environment" was created...
Nearly fifty residents of the Haymarket Villages development have signed a petition protesting plans for an addition to their development.
www.topix.net /city/haymarket-va   (833 words)

  
 Haymarket Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Haymarket Books is a non-profit, progressive book distributor and publisher, a project of the Center for Economic Research and Social Change.
We take inspiration and courage from our namesakes, the Haymarket Martyrs, who gave their lives fighting for a better world.
Their struggle for the eight hour day in 1886, which gave us May Day, the international workers’ holiday, reminds workers around the world that ordinary people can organize and struggle for their own liberation.
www.haymarketbooks.org   (232 words)

  
 THE HAYMARKET SQUARE RIOT
Another of the conspirators died in an explosion and the death sentences of the others were commuted to prison terms.
The city of Chicago erected a statue of a police officer in Haymarket Square on May 4, 1889 and it became the first such monument in the nation.
For many years, the police were seen as the martyr’s of the riot but with the rise of the big labor unions, that perception slowly changed.
www.prairieghosts.com /haymarket.html   (805 words)

  
 Haymarket Square Riot
A crowd of 20,000 demonstrators was anticipated at Haymarket Square, where area farmers traditionally sold their produce.
The Haymarket Riot was a signal event in the early history of American labor.
For many years the police at Haymarket Square were regarded as martyrs and the workers as violent anarchists; that view moderated to a large extent in later times.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h750.html   (523 words)

  
 Haymarket Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Haymarket is responsible for more than 100 consumer, professional, business and customer publications.
Haymarket’s specialist expertise in key markets makes for cutting-edge innovation in electronic publications, from extensions of popular magazines like Autosport.com and WhatCar.com to comprehensive portals consolidating viewer access to related areas, like BrandRepublic.com, combining the inside knowledge of Campaign, Marketing and PRWeek to provide key information to marketing specialists worldwide.
Haymarket's exhibitions company stages more than a dozen major events in the UK, elsewhere in Europe and in Australia.
www.haymarketgroup.com   (267 words)

  
 May Day and the Haymarket Martyrs
Unfortunately, the events surrounding the execution of the Haymarket martyrs fueled the stereotype of radical activists as alien and violent, thereby contributing to ongoing repression.
Over the years the remains of many deceased or martyred radicals, among them Emma Goldman, Bill Hayward, and Joe Hill, were deposited at the Haymarket Monument in Chicago, where seven of the eight men on trial lie buried.
The internationalization (if not “globalization”) of the Haymarket legacy was apparent two days after the hangings when José Martí, leader of Cuba’s struggle for independence from Spain, who was then living in exile in New York, wrote a detailed, emotion-filled report of the events leading up to the executions.
www.igc.org /laborstandard/Vol1No3/MayDay.htm   (757 words)

  
 Punk International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Haymarket Riot is custom-made for the hard-to-please fan of rock and roll music, the kind of band that gets to invent their own genre or niche.
So, what rubs me the wrong way may be a stroke of genius to someone else.
Be cautious of this fact, at least, but don't hesitate to find out for yourself what unique qualities Haymarket Riot has to offer.
www.punkinternational.com /reviews/haymarketriot1.html   (225 words)

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