Labor memorializes 92nd anniversary of ‘Bloody Friday,’ as history rhymes

By: Peyton Haug

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: July 20, 2026

Words: 833

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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When Minneapolis police sprayed bullets into a crowd of hundreds of strikers in 1934, John Hanson’s father plugged wounds to stop blood from seeping into the cobblestone.

“My father approached the closest fallen man, who was moaning, screaming and bleeding into the pavement,” he said. “Can you imagine what those cracks were looking like?”

Standing 92 years later on the same ground, Hanson the younger lamented the deaths of Henry Ness and John …

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