Joe Hall Patton
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The Great Paris Moustache Strike of 1907
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December 28, 2020
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11:41Now PlayingIn 1907, class friction in France was coming to a boil. In defiance of the strict rules being placed on them from their employers and high-class Parisians, men across Paris were walking off the job, determined not to be humiliated any longer. A great strike had begun, and the working class men who embodied it weren’t going to go back to work until they got what they deserved - moustaches.
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