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by Michael Dupuis (Author)
An exploration of the impact the media had on the most influential strike in Canadian history.
A strike gripped Winnipeg from May 15 to June 26, 1919. Some twenty-five thousand workers walked out, demanding better wages and union recognition. Red-fearing opponents insisted labour radicals were attempting to usurp constitutional authority and replace it with Bolshevism. Newspapers like the Manitoba Free Press claimed themselves political victims and warned of Soviet infiltration. Supporters of the general sympathetic strike like the Toronto Daily Star maintained that strikers were not Reds; they were workers fighting for their fair rights. What was really happening in Winnipeg? In an information age dominated by newspapers and magazines, the public turned to reporters and editors for answers.
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Michael Dupuis is a retired Canadian history teacher and writer. Since 2005, he has published work in several academic journals, commercial magazines, and newspapers in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. His writing concentrates on the role played by journalists in historical events, including the Winnipeg General Strike, the Titanic disaster, the Halifax Explosion, the On to Ottawa Trek, and the Regina Riot. In 2011, he was a consultant for Danny Schur's Winnipeg General Strike documentary Mike's Bloody Saturday and an advisor to the CBC for the television special Titanic: The Canadian Story. In 2012, he contributed the chapter "Canadian Journalists in New York" in Titanic Century: Media, Myth, and the Making of a Cultural Icon. He holds a BA (English) and MA (history) from the University of Ottawa, and a BEd from the University of Toronto. Michael resides in Victoria, B.C.
Author Biography
Michael Dupuis is a retired history teacher and writer. His writing concentrates on the role of journalists in historical events, including the Winnipeg General Strike, the Titanic disaster, the Halifax Explosion, the On to Ottawa Trek, and the Regina Riot. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
