Sierra D.

asked • 06/19/17

How can I relate the history of the Molly Maguires to today?

Hi, I wrote an essay on the Molly Maguires, a group of Irish miners that got executed, but I'm supposed to write a small paragraph on how it is connected to today's world. Can you help me connect it to today's current events?

Mark M.

Why did the miners get executed?
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Sierra D.


The Molly Maguires were a group of Irish mine workers who tried to
jump-start a labor movement. It was a violent time, when working the
mines meant long, dangerous days for little pay. In the process, people turned up dead. And the Molly Maguires were
fingered for the crimes.
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Curtis S. answered • 06/03/18

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So the question today that the Molly Maguires tried to answer in the last century is this: Is violence justified when peaceful approaches aren't working? Is sabotage and killing the answer to social injustice? 
 
You can take it from there, I think.
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