"Storm the fort ye Knights of Labor, Battle for your cause;
Equal rights for every neighbor
Down with tyrant laws!
Lazy drones steal all the honey
From hard labor's hives;
Bankers control the nation's money
And destroy our lives."
In the Knights of Labor's 1882 anthem "Storm the Fronts," who were the "tyrants" against whom the Knights fought?

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The anthem refers to "lazy drones" stealing honey from hard labor's hives and bankers controlling the nation's money, indicating that the tyrants the Knights of Labor fought against were the idle rich who exploited the working class. The other options are not mentioned in the anthem.

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