Haymarket Martyrs

The Haymarket Affair
May 4, 1886

On May 4, 1886, workers in Chicago gathered at Haymarket Square to demand the eight-hour workday. The rally was peaceful until a bomb exploded, killing police and civilians.

In the aftermath, eight anarchist labor organizers were arrested. There was little evidence, but the trial was not about guilt. It was about silencing a movement. Four men — Albert Parsons, August Spies, Adolph Fischer, and George Engel — were hanged. Louis Lingg took his own life in prison. Three others were sentenced but later spared.

The Haymarket Martyrs became symbols of labor’s fight for dignity and a warning of what power will do to crush dissent.

This shirt carries their memory forward. A reminder that the rights workers hold today were paid for in blood. And that the demand for justice is never finished.

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Product info: 

Extra light fabric | 100% polyester | Black thread color with black buttons