In 1906, 5360 Mexican workers went on strike at the Cananea Copper Company mines in Cananea, Sonora. The company was owned and founded by American businessman William Greene, and received generous subsidies and contracts from then dictator of Mexico Porfirio Diaz. Cananea was a company mining town where the only goods accessible were sold by the company and the prices were hefty relative to the wages earned. Mexican workers earned 3.5 pesos a day while American workers earned 5 pesos a day. The Mexican workers began a strike with the support of the surrounding population while the American workers defended the factory and the management. The American employees hosed high-pressure water and shot the crowd killing three people inciting riots that would later be squashed by Mexican soldiers. Although Diaz would reject American involvement, a trainload of Arizona Rangers had already crossed the border. All conspirators were given 15 years in prison but would be released in the course of the Mexican Revolution.
Wall Street and other banks profit off of buying bonds from state and local governments who pay for the police’s legal fees when cases of police brutality are brought to court. Banks reaped $1.03 billion in tax-payer money from the bond interest of five cities (Chicago, Cleveland, Lake County, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee) over a ten year period.
In 1906, 5360 Mexican workers went on strike at the Cananea Copper Company mines in Cananea, Sonora. The company was owned and founded by American businessman William Greene, and received generous subsidies and contracts from then dictator of Mexico Porfirio Diaz. Cananea was a company mining town where the only goods accessible were sold by the company and the prices were hefty relative to the wages earned. Mexican workers earned 3.5 pesos a day while American workers earned 5 pesos a day. The Mexican workers began a strike with the support of the surrounding population while the American workers defended the factory and the management. The American employees hosed high-pressure water and shot the crowd killing three people inciting riots that would later be squashed by Mexican soldiers. Although Diaz would reject American involvement, a trainload of Arizona Rangers had already crossed the border. All conspirators were given 15 years in prison but would be released in the course of the Mexican Revolution.
Wall Street and other banks profit off of buying bonds from state and local governments who pay for the police’s legal fees when cases of police brutality are brought to court. Banks reaped $1.03 billion in tax-payer money from the bond interest of five cities (Chicago, Cleveland, Lake County, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee) over a ten year period.