Podcasts about iww industrial workers

1922 writing by William "Big Bill" Haywood. One of the founders of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) source: Marxists Internet Archive   if you have suggestions on future readings or discussions contact me on twitter @ SadLionOfSoy Love and Solidarity   venmo: SadLionOfSoy

 On this edition of Parallax Views, in the age of dissent that has followed the police killing of George Floyd what is the importance and role of nonviolent protest in the United States today and through it's history? Michael Long, editor of We the Resistance: Documenting a History of Nonviolent Protest in the United States (City Lights Books; 2019), joins us to help unpack that question and provide a few answers. We begin the conversation by discussing the importance of nonviolent protests in today's tumultuous environment and how such protests stretch far back into the history of the United States with groups like the Christian religious sect known as The Quakers. From Michael explains what a nonviolent protest entails and what ingredients make up a successful nonviolent protest. Additionally Michael discusses the power of nonviolence over violence, the bravery required to be a nonviolent protester, and protests as a reaction to police states conditions. We also talk about key figures and moments in the history of nonviolent protests including Frederick Douglas, the Bonus Marches, and Helen Keller's support of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) or Wobblies. All that and much more on this edition of Parallax Views. SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWSON PATREON! FORBONUS CONTENTANDARCHIVED EPISODES!

"Who cares for the carers? Well, it just turns out its other carers." Care work has, for decades, been an undervalued and under-appreciated industry in the UK. Subject to a creeping wave of privatisation and outsourcing it is now largely provided by a complex patchwork of under-regulated and often outright parasitic companies who seek to drive up revenues and drive down costs by attacking workers' pay and conditions. The result is that the majority of care workers share a common experience of poverty wages, long and unsociable hours, precarious conditions, lack of safety equipment and adequate training. These are issues that we have discussed previously in New Syndicalist - here and here - where workers disclosed the often nightmarish scenarios themselves and their clients were forced to accept as "part of the job". The Covid pandemic has shone a spotlight on these same conditions which have had absolutely devastating and deadly consequences for the vulnerable people who depend upon these services as well as the people who support them. Gemma and Andy from our Editorial Team took this opportunity to talk to Gemma - a care worker, member of UNISON and organiser for the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) - about how Covid has impacted their work, what their colleagues are doing to support each other during this crisis and what they see as priority areas for organising in the industry for the future.

Prof. Peter Cole joins Breht to talk about the history and internationalism of the IWW: Industrial Workers of the World (aka the Wobblies), as well as to draw out lessons from that history for our current moment. Become a member of the IWW: https://www.iww.org/ Find Peter on Twitter: @ProfPeterCole   Wobblies on the Waterfront: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/34fnp6ps9780252031861.html   Wobblies of the World: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745399591/wobblies-of-the-world/   Dockworker Power: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/48ydk2be9780252042072.html   NLC Mutual Aid Fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/spring-fundraiser   Outro music 'Joe Hill' by Paul Robeson ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical Intro music by DJ Captain Planet. --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, FORGE, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

On this edition of Parallax Views, can music change the world? Joining us to tackle that question as well as outline the rich history of protest music is Brad Schreiber, author of Music is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change. As Schreiber shows in the fascinating new book, available now from Rutgers University Press, protest music, or as he prefers to call it "socially conscious music", goes far beyond the antiwar anthems and can even be traced back to the early 20th century with class conscious musicians like Joe Hill, a labor activist associated with the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World). In this conversation we discuss artist ranging from Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger to artist you may not have ever considered as political before like bubble pop icon Lesley Gore and the founding fathers of heavy metal Black Sabbath. We also discuss such musicians as the obscure but talented satirist Tom Lehrer, counterculture legend Frank Zappa, "The Godfather of Soul" James Brown, R&B pioneer Curtis Mayfield, and the punk rock of the Sex Pistols as well as specific songs like Janis Ian's "Society's Children" and Peter Gabriel's "Biko". We even talk a little bit about Pink Floyd and their politically outspoken co-founder Roger Waters. All that and more on this edition of Parallax Views. SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWSON PATREON! FORBONUS CONTENTANDARCHIVED EPISODES!

Recorded on 27 November 2009, at Trades Hall, Melbourne for the "Reason in Revolt" project - a fantastic source for the unsung history of social change in Australia. find out about them at: http://www.reasoninrevolt.net.au/index.html Reason in Revolt publish under a "Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Australia License" to be found at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ A discussion with Dave Kerin and Gabriel Kuhn on syndicalism in Australia and Sweden. It mainly focuses on the experiences of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) in Australia but also makes some comparison with the case of the SAC (Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden, an anarcho-syndicalist federation). Topics include: History of the IWW in Australia; experiences of the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) with green bans (in the 1970s) and deregulation (in the 1980s); Union Solidarity - an organisation coordinated by Dave Kerin in the 2000s in Melbourne which mobilised unionists and community members to set up picket lines and other actions in support of aggrieved workers; aims, tactics and philosophy of the IWW; the principles of SAC; the relevance of syndicalism today and in the future for unionism and activism in anti-globalisation, global justice, and climate change movements; developing a worker-owned social sector; and the relationship of syndicalist unions to political parties.

Joe Hill är arbetarsångaren som fälldes och avrättades för mord efter en riggad rättegång i USA. Men hans sånger lever. Det visar sig bl a i den turné Jan Hammarlund tar oss med på. Joe Hill föddes i Gävle 1879 och emigrerade till USA 1902. Han var närmast yrkeskvalificerad som musiker men drog sig fram som diversearbetare i USA, och anslöt sig så småningom till syndikalistiska IWW (Industrial Workers of the World). Han gjorde succé med sina sånger och blev en arbetarrörelsens frontfigur. 1914 åtalades han på praktiskt taget obefintliga grunder för ett dubbelmord i Salt Lake City, Utah. Den allmänna uppfattningen sedan dess har varit att han föll offer för en samvetslös komplott riktad mot arbetarrörelsen.Joe Hill avrättades 19 november 1915. Till 100-årsminnet av hans död har Jan Hammarlund rest runt med THE JOE HILL ROAD SHOW i trakterna runt Lake Michigan och berättar i programmet om hur arvet efter Joe lever vidare och utvecklas i USA och andra länder.I programmet medverkar: Alexis Buss, facklig aktivist och författare Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, facklig aktivist JP Wright, järnvägsarbetare och sångare Patty Allen, facklig aktivist Göran Greider, författare  - samt artisterna: Anne Feeney, JP Wright, Bucky Halker, Lil Rev, Jason Eklund, Earl Robinson, Paul Robeson, Joan Baez, Mora Träsk, Billy Bragg, Pierre Ström, Manhattan Chorus, Hazel Dickens, Solidarity Singers, Finn Zetterholm, Massimo Liberatori, Enric Hernáez och Lovisa Samuelsson.

Den legendariske och mytomspunne sångaren och agitatorn Joe Hill symboliserar mer än någon annan tanken om sången som vapen. Hans död ansågs vara ett rent justitemord med ett enda syfte; att tysta en upprorisk, populär och besvärande stämma. Joe Hill alias Joel Hägglund växte upp i en musicerande familj på Nedre Bergsgatan 28 i Gävle. Som 23-åring emigrerade Joel och hans ädre bror Paul till USA, där Joe Hill, som han kallar sig i Amerika, gjorde en märklig insats som diktare och sångare inom den syndikalistiska fackföreningsrörelsen och arbetarorganisationen IWW (Industrial Workers of the World). Den 19 november 1915 avrättas Joe Hill, 36 år gammal, efter att ha beskyllts för mord på en specerihandlare i Salt Lake City. Innan domen verkställdes förekom stora protester från arbetarklassen världen över. Domen ansågs vara ett regelrätt justitiemord avsedd att tysta Joe Hill, som var mycket populär bland USA:s kämpande arbetare. Woody Gutheries inspelningar av Joe Hills sånger är kanske de mest kända, men Fred Åkerström och många andra har också sjungit Joe Hill- eller om honom som i "I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night". P4 Kultur berättar också om Joe Hill-gården i Gävle som öppnar en ny utställning den 19 november 2010 om Joe Hills liv och musikergärning. I valet röstade Västerbotten tvärt emot landet i stort, här var vänstern stark och Sverigedemokraterna fick ingen representation. Efter valnatten samlades folk på torget i Umeå för att demonstrera med talkörer och folkmusik. Många musiker på torget såg det som sin uppgift att protestera. P4 Kultur var där. Malmö-rapparen Behrang Miri ser sin musik som ett sätt att förändra samhället. Han grundade RGRA, Rörelsen Gatans Röst och Ansikte, för att ge ungdomar från marginaliserade områden verktyg att uttrycka sig. Och själv skriver han låtar både om vardagsorättvisor och om Irans befrielse. Karin Arbsjö träffade honom för att prata om den nya generationens protestmusik. Vi får också höra Malin Sandberg reda ut historiken kring protestvisor - vad har förändrats sedan protestsångerna skapades, hur ser det ut idag och vem var egentligen först? Häng med på en resa från Beethovens symfonier till den amerikanska förortens hiphop-protester.