Podcast appearances and mentions of Joe Glazer

There has been a decline in union representation over the decades across the U.S. Recently labor movements have regained some ground and are in the news nationally once again. This makes Labor Day more important than ever as we celebrate leaders who helped organize and provide for a better standard of living for American workers. We'll hear music used over the years that's often been intertwined with the labor movement. Listen for Paul Robeson, Hazel Dickens, the Seattle Labor Chorus, Florence Reese, Joe Glazer and others. Solidarity forever … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysJoel Mabus / “Speed the Plow” / Golden Willow Tree / FossilJames Carter & the Prisoners / “Po' Lazarus” / Oh Brother / Lost HighwaySeattle Labor Chorus / “There is Power in the Union” / Songs of Working People / Self-producedPaul Robeson / “Joe Hill” / Classic Labor Songs” / Smithsonian FolkwaysJohn McCutcheon / “Joe Hill's Last Will” / Joe Hill's Last Will / AppalseedPete Sutherland / “When My Grandmother Worked at the Mill” / A Clayfoot's Tale / EpactJohn O'Connor / “The Triangle Fire” / We Ain't Gonna Give it Back / Self-producedThe Byrds / “Deportee” / Ballad of Easy Rider / ColumbiaHazel Dickens / “Coal Tatoo” / Coal Mining Women / RounderJoel Mabus / “The Last of June” / Golden Willow Tree / FossilFlorence Reece-The Almanac Singers / “Which Side Are You On?” / Classic Labor Songs / Smithsonian FolkwaysVivian Nesbit & John Dillon / “Stitch and Sew” / Mother Jones in Heaven / Self-producedLinda Allen / “The Glass Ceiling” / Singing the News / October RosePeggy Seeger / “I Want to be an Engineer” / Period Pieces / TraditionNew Lost City Ramblers / “Join the CIO” / Songs frm the Depression / FolkwaysJoe Glaser / “Solidarity Forever” / Classic Labor Songs / Smithsonian FolkwaysPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Episode 11 of Fragile Juggernaut concerns the Communist Party and its complex role in the creation of the CIO. Andrew and Ben trace the strategic zigzags of America's far-left, recount their pioneering role in organizing drives, and measure the Party's own accounts of its politics against the often ambiguous, even contradictory realities of its practice. Did Communists merely supply the shock troops for someone else's political ambitions, or did they put their stamp on the CIO, in ways that were durable and lasting? Did their practice of unionism conform to the mainstream of the labor movement, or did it contain the germs of another kind of CIO? What, ultimately, did the CIO do to the Communist Party? We discuss this and more amongst our co-hosts, and with our special guest, the historical sociologist Judith Stepan-Norris, co-author of Left Out and Talking Union (our interview begins around 1:25:00).Featured music: “The Bourgeois Blues” by Lead Belly; “The United Front” by New Singers; “Our Line's Been Changed Again” by Joe Glazer; “Internationale” by New Singers)Archival audio credits: Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists (1983)Fragile Juggernaut is a Haymarket Originals podcast exploring the history, politics, and strategic lessons of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the rank and file insurgency that produced it. Support Fragile Juggernaut on Patreon and receive our exclusive bimonthly newsletter, full of additional insights, reading recommendations, and archival materials we've amassed along the way. Buy Rank and File, 20% Off: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/396-rank-and-file Read Gabriel Winant on the Popular Front in The London Review of Books: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n15/gabriel-winant/we-can-breathe

Joe McCartin, Ben Blake and Julie Greene remember the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre, when police opened fire on striking steelworkers at Republic Steel in South Chicago, killing ten and wounding more than 160. Patrick Dixon interviews Tom Sito on the 1941 strike by animators against Walt Disney. Sito, a well-known American animator (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Lion King, Shrek and many more), animation historian and teacher, is the author of “Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson.” And in this week's Labor History Object of the Week we take a look at a United Farm Worker banner commemorating the 1965 strike against grape growers in California. The banner is part of the exhibit “For Liberty, Justice, And Equality: Unions Making History In America” at the George Meany Labor Archives at the University of Maryland College Park campus. Plus we've got music by Joe Glazer, the Eureka's, Willie Sordill and Joan Baez. Originally released May 27, 2018 Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory  

This episode is devoted to the Little Steel strike in the summer of 1937, a tragic failure for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and the CIO, and one that illustrated the limits of the New Deal order. It might appear excessive to devote an entire episode of the podcast to one strike, but Little Steel was in many ways a turning point, a key hinge in our story. To capture it well we also need to delve into the more general history of steel organizing in America, a fantastically brutal affair that reveals the soul of American capitalism. Guests in order of appearance: David Brody, Professor Emeritus of History at UC-Davis; Ahmed White, Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law at the University of Colorado-Boulder; Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History at UC-Santa Barbara; Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University; Daniel Nelson, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Akron; Melvyn Dubofsky, Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology at Binghamton University Clips in order of appearance: Gus Hall, “U.S. Communist Party 75th Anniversary,” October 23, 1994, https://www.c-span.org/video/?61145-1/us-communist-party-75th-anniversary (0:00); “AFL vs. CIO split in 1935,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IsJZAknuIQ (7:47); John L. Lewis, “Industrial Democracy in Steel,” July 6, 1936, The John L. Lewis Papers 493A/39, Wisconsin Historical Society (9:26, 45:29); “UAW Audiovisual Collection: 1955 Documentary on the CIO,” Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University (19:10); Quotes in order of appearance: Mary Heaton Vorse, Labor's New Millions, p. 132, https://ia802602.us.archive.org/3/items/laborsnewmillion00vorsrich/laborsnewmillion00vorsrich.pdf (32:16) Songs in order of appearance: Pete Seeger, “Homestead Strike Song,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xysm_JNnLqw (5:58); Joe Glazer, “Memorial Day Massacre,” Songs of Steel and Struggle, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6KsMlgCokI (20:12); Joe and Esther Zane Gelders, “The Ballad of John Catchings (Part 1),” The Lomax Kentucky Recordings, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/197 (38:36) Theme music by Drake Tyler. Quote music is Martin Tallstrom's cover of “Freight Train,” used here with permission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9LEUMgBkX8.

How was it that the CIO was finally able to make good on the decades-old dream of industrial unionism? In this episode, we outline four factors that were the keys to the CIO's success. First, there was a political opportunity that the CIO took advantage of. Second, there were militant and disruptive tactics employed that were effective given that political opportunity. Third, there was the great energy and commitment of the Left as channeled toward the stable end of collective bargaining. And finally, there was what podcast guest Lizabeth Cohen has called the “culture of unity” bred by the CIO. The first factor was covered in Episode 2, and the second in Episode 3, and so we won't rehash that material here. This episode is thus focused on the latter two: the influence of the Left and the culture of unity. Guests in order of appearance: Dorothy Sue Cobble, Distinguished Professor Emerita of History and Labor Studies at Rutgers University; Steve Fraser, Labor Historian; David Brody, Professor Emeritus of History at UC-Davis; Jeremy Brecher, Labor Historian; Ahmed White, Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law at the University of Colorado-Boulder; Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University; Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History at UC-Santa Barbara; Erik Loomis, Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island; William P. Jones, Professor of History at the University of Minnesota; Lisa Phillips, Associate Professor of History at Indiana State University; Rick Halpern, Professor of American Studies at the University of Toronto Clips in order of appearance: “David Dubinsky speaks at the 25th anniversary celebration of his ILGWU presidency, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1957, Part 2,” David Dubinsky Audio-visual Recordings, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library, https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05780-002av.html (48:15) Songs in order of appearance: Paul Robeson, “Ballad for Americans,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHCQGQdeL68 (0:00); Joe Glazer, “I Ain't No Stranger Now,” Textile Voices, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AePjBRgEuBI (32:40) Theme music by Drake Tyler.

A talk with the writer, producer and director of Triangle: Scenes from a Prosecution, a new one-act dramatization of the criminal trial of the owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory following the 1911 fire that took 146 lives in New York City. Plus, music and poetry by Bev Grant and Joe Glazer. The new Triangle Fire Memorial was unveiled and dedicated on October 11. On this week's Labor History in Two: the year was 1983. That was the day that musician Merle Travis died. Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory #Theatre68NY #TriangleFirePlay #TriangleFireMemorial #TriangleShirtwaistFactoryFire #JesseWaldinger

SHOW RUN DOWN My Dad's favourites: Joe Glazer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov5kQXAGhow UNTITLED POEM ON A FOUR PAPER PLATES By Raymond Charles Lewis (My dad) The big dipper is too low in the sky to see above the trees, - emmense, tiny clusters and mist of the milky way, A cow almost brays or honks, lapping + lap + soft slapping the water, - across the water. the cow almost brays were it only this yet ever pressence I know, this grow-up here around these stars- the cool of the late autumn - the wood fire - today the young preacher talking sensible death on the radio, and today a picture, a photograph– I never so much as touched her hand. and her wedding picture has turned me back, so deep inside against the outside world, I want to go again away, I want to wak again alone. I want to kneel someplace & be beat to death. Moved on waters and asleep on land. Here now I remember a feeling. RESOURCES INSIDEOUT PODCAST - Stephanie Boulet. Checkout Episode 1 on "Recovery" https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/insideout-institute-podcast/id1454173233?mc_cid=1187ba0c8d&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5D AMAZING INSPIRING FILM by writer Todd Perelmuter I Watched 'Aloneness to Oneness' this morning - enjoy!  https://youtu.be/9M56t0UoW5M DISCUSSION ON GRIEF Excerpted from Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace, by Claire B. Willis and Marnie Crawford Samuelson (Dharma Spring, 2020). Reprinted by permission of Red Wheel/Weiser. All rights reserved. COOL DUDE: JOHN KIM https://www.theangrytherapist.com/ O X Y T O C I N https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-increase-oxytocin R E T R E A T with Buddha, in HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, U.K. Amaravati https://amaravati.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minnie-yazmin-lewis/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/minnie-yazmin-lewis/support

Today's show covers a lot of ground, from legendary labor leader Bill Lucy's memories of Dr. King and the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike to Shubert Sebree's memories of Gene Debs, founder of the powerful American Railway Union and three-time Socialist candidate for President of the United States.     Bill Lucy has some inspiring advice for those who are carrying on Dr. King's fight for justice, especially younger activists, and Shubert Sebree reveals a gentler side to Debs, as fierce a labor leader as we've ever known. On this week's Labor History in Two: the founding of the United Mine Workers, Knights of Labor founder Terrance Powderly, and the 1959 Knox Coal flood disaster. Music: The Ballad of Eugene Victor Debs; Joe Glazer. Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory  

Tracy Silverman is truly an inspiring musician in every respect and it was such an honour to meet him and be able to record this memorable episode! This interview is also available as a video, and the transcript will soon be published, everything linked here:  https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/tracy-silverman-electric-violinist-and-author-of-the-strum-bowing-method  We talked about his classical roots, studying with legendary teachers Lewis Kaplan and Ivan Galamian, his rejection of the classical world and his fascinating career, through his years in rock bands,  we even talked about some of his early gigs, including learning the ropes as a strolling violinist, getting the job as first violinist of the innovative Turtle Island string quartet, and the development of his Strum Bowing method.  We talked about many musicians, including some of his collaborators and mentors including Terry Riley, Darol Anger, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, Mark Wood, and composers Roberto Sierra and John Adams.  In this conversation one of the many topics we covered was the new concerto writtten for Tracy  called “Ficciones” by Roberto Sierra.   Finally, we dived into his creative process, how music affects our emotions, and how to stay open by listening to others, and learning to show up as ourselves.  Tracy Silverman website: https://www.tracysilverman.com/ Please help me keep this podcast going! https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:29) Concerto "Ficciones" by Roberto Sierra, premiered with the American Symphony Orchestra (00:06:13) Tracy's 6-string electric violin built by Joe Glazer with demonstrations, and more about "Ficciones" (00:13:14) Tracy's support system for the instrument and hisi progression from classical violinist through his rock days (00:21:37) Lewis Kaplan (00:24:25) Ivan Galamian (00:27:40) Tracy's approach to Bach (00:31:04) Tracy's childhood, starting to study composition (00:33:14) intersection of improvisation and composition (00:35:17) more about "Ficciones"  (00:37:20) "Between the Kiss and the Chaos" (00:39:51) Turtle Island String Quartet and career advice (00:43:35) Strolling violin gigs, wedding singer (00:46:41) John Adams, "Dharma at Big Sur", solo recital versions of concerti (00:49:00) Looping with demo (00:56:27) Album "Beats and Jams" with son "Toby Beats" (01:01:11) mentor and collaborator Terry Riley (01:03:23) process of improvisation (01:09:56) using Strum bowign principles in different styles (01:16:47) Egberto Gismonti, Darol Anger (01:19:24) Caito Marcondes (01:21:00) teaching, strum bowing in school music programs (01:23:43) Turtle Island String Quartet, Darol Anger and the origin of strum bowing (01:27:08) how music affects our emotions (01:31:10) Roy "Futureman" Wooten, positive mindset (01:36:30) challenges with the 2020 lockdowns (01:43:25) manager Brian Horner and putting together commission for "Ficciones" with different orchestras (01:45:21) Rudolph Hawkin, Mark Wood, Matt Bell, Chuck Bond Trager, Tracy's mission with string playing (01:50:23) How Tracy practices (02:03:28) Advice on being open and listening to other musicians --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

(Originally released May 27, 2018) Labor historians Joe McCartin, Ben Blake and Julie Greene remember the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre, when police opened fire on striking steelworkers at Republic Steel in South Chicago, killing ten and wounding more than 160. Patrick Dixon interviews Tom Sito on the 1941 strike by animators against Walt Disney. Sito, a well-known American animator (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Lion King, Shrek and many more), animation historian and teacher, is the author of “Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson.” And in this week's Labor History Object of the Week we take a look at a United Farm Worker banner commemorating the 1965 strike against grape growers in California. The banner is part of the exhibit “For Liberty, Justice, And Equality: Unions Making History In America” at the George Meany Labor Archives at the University of Maryland College Park campus. Plus we've got music by Joe Glazer, the Eureka's, Willie Sordill and Joan Baez. Union City Radio's Chris Garlock hosts. Joe McCartin is professor of history at Georgetown University and Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Julie Greene is a historian of United States labor, immigration, and empire; she teaches at the University of Maryland. She is the author of The Canal Builders: Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal (Penguin Press, 2009). Benjamin Blake works at the University of Maryland, where he's a labor archivist at the George Meany Labor Archives. Chris Garlock, Union Cities Coordinator for the Metro Washington AFL-CIO, hosts Union City Radio on WPFW 89.3FM. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services unionist.com/ This week's music: Memorial Day Massacre - Joe Glazer 2006 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1975 Collector Records Union Thru and Thru -- the Eureka's Rob Mitchell and Ken Walther (c) Walther Music Talking U.F.W. · Willie Sordill What Now People?, Vol. 2 ℗ 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1977 Paredon Records No nos moveran - JOAN BAEZ

Marc Bélanger reports on a union call for a TRIPS waiver for Africa. Plus the right-wing attack on unions in India. The LabourStart Report of union events. Music this week is provided by Joe Glazer and friends singing 'Solidarity Forever'. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

The international labour movement is calling for decent work and universal protection plans. Plus more labour news. Also in RadioLabour's Report for the week January 9-14, 2022: * Fighting the privatization of African schools * The LabourStart Report of union events * And singing: 'Too Old to Work' Music: 'To Old to Work' by Joe Glazer. Used by permission.

Activist and Gray Panthers founder Maggie Kuhn. Music: Too Old To Work by Joe Glazer, arranged and performed by Sam James.

This week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" was the Easter/ Passover show(later dubbed "extravaganza" mid show by Bernsteinn himself). This show was chock-a-block full of holiday magic and wonder including but not limited to songs about Ol' Peter Cottontail, Soft Boiled Eggs, Matzo Ball Soup, Jerusalem(with Mountains of Olives...shout out to the Bunker Buds), Passover as well as some amazing tales of the history of Moses...from parting the Red Sea to his later work in Vegas as a Croupier. There is also the moment where Bernsteinn risks life and limb during the peanut flick challange by attempting to use matzo pieces instead of the usual regulation nuts and legumes*. Thus is his mania and it shows just how far he's willing to go to deliver an exciting show. At the same time we are treated to readings from Johnathan Swift and Martain Luther King Jr as well as songs from the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, John Prine and Joe Glazer. It's one heck of a show so remember next time you're in Vegas, listen to Moses(you don't ALWAYS have to split Kings...but it does help) and as always...Stay Hunkered *You are hereby notified that the stunts and tricks displayed in this Facebook Live video and it's affiliated podcast are performed by professionals in controlled environments, such as closed-circuit road tracks or bunker studio. Do not attempt to duplicate, re-create, or perform the same or similar stunts and tricks at home, as personal injury or property damage may result. The producers of this video and podcast are not responsible for any such injury or damage either to the, or caused by personal peanuts/matzo. Please help support all here at Hunkered In The Bunker: PayPal dbhq@danbern.com Venmo @Dan-Bern-1 "Hunkered In The Bunker "Hunkered 8(?)" Originally Aired : 2020/04/09 11:25 AM PST All Songs Written By Dan Bern unless otherwise noted in italics L = w/ Lulu on hand claps R= Reading Improv/Story = Italics -------Tracklist-------- Hunkered Theme -> Freight Train Blues (Bob Dylan) Hello In There (John Prine) Moses the Croupier Holy House Here Come Peter Cottontail (Rollins/ Nelson) Plagues Jerusalem L Matzo Ball Soup Matzo Flick* Hen Party Soft Boiled Eggs (Harry Blaisure) Dump The Bosses of Your Back (Joe Glazer) Maggie's farm (Bob Dylan) Sammy's Bat R I Have A Dream -excerpt (Martin Luther King Jr) New American Language They Shall Pass Over I Believe R Political Lying -excerpt (Johnathan Swift) Luke The Drifter Midsummer Night Moving On Don't Let Us Get Sick (Warren Zevon) Reason To Believe (Bruce Springsteen) Hunkered In The Bunker is : Performed by Dan Bern Produced by Larry Transferred/Edited by Jeff Davis Brought to you by Matzo, and Moses @ Poker Palace Casino https://www.danbern.com/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/radio-free-bernsteinn/id1123684286?ls=1 https://danbern.bandcamp.com/ https://www.zazzle.com/store/danbernmerch/products https://twitter.com/danbernhq?lang=en Hosted by ZenCas...

From May to August of 1934, Minneapolis was rocked by a strike that would forever change the course of US labor history. This was the strike of Teamsters Local 574, a union led by Trotskyists. Today, as the US working class regains its pulse after decades of lull in the class struggle, these events can provide us with many practical lessons for how labor can fight back and win through militant action. Steve Iverson of Boston Socialist Revolution presents on this topic. Intro music: "There is Power in a Union" (Version by Joe Glazer and Bill Friedland). "Bella Ciao" remix (Toasted Tomatoes from "lofi hip​-​hop beats to organise​/​seize means to").

This year’s contest winners include People’s Music Networks’ Executive Director Ben Grosscup and Paul McKenna for the Julie McCall Best Parody; Songwriter Inez West from the NYC Labor Chorus for the Bread and Roses Best Labor/Social Justice Poem; Steve Jones, Music Director of the DC Labor Chorus for the Joe Glazer Best Union Song; NYC artist and activist Dilson Hernandez, for the John Fromer String Buster Ballad; and first timer and youngest winner of the contest ever, JustLove, for the Talkin’ Union Spoken Word. “These last two young winners are our hope that the labor and social justice movement is once again on the rise!” Also this week, Joe Glazer’s recording of "Solidarity Forever" from the Songs of Work and Freedom album, and the Cool Things from the Meany Archives gang brings us the July 4th, 1964, issue of the AFL CIO news, which featured the signing of the Civil Rights Act, and Ben and Allen tie that into the ongoing protests for social justice that we see in the streets today. Produced by Chris Garlock. Alan Wierdak produced the Meany Archives segment. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.comLabor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. Links:2020 Great Labor Arts Exchange videosLabor Heritage FoundationGeorge Meany Memorial AFL-CIO Archive

"This period of time in the Thirties struck me as a period of great innovation and resilience that women organized around the need to provide certain services. And I see that happening in my community today around the pandemic." Emily Twarog, author of “Politics of the Pantry: Housewives, Food, and Consumer Protest in Twentieth Century America.” Her study of how women used institutions built on patriarchy and consumer capitalism to cultivate a political voice resonates strongly today in the midst of both the COVID-19 pandemic and an election year. Joyce McCawley talked with Twarog on the Heartland Labor Forum, the labor radio show airing weekly in Kansas City on KKFI. Plus: Ben Grosscup with a new version of “We Just Come to Work Here” and Joe Glazer on the Memorial Day Massacre. Produced by Chris Garlock with editing by Patrick Dixon; to contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.comLabor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. Links:“Politics of the Pantry: Housewives, Food, and Consumer Protest in Twentieth Century America.”Heartland Labor Forum"We Just Come to Work Here," by Harry Stamper; new lyrics by Paul McKenna and Ben Grosscup May 2020; performed by Ben Grosscup.

Thanks for Listening! Discord: discord.gg/vwtXJFa Patreon: patreon.com/wideloadpod Twitter: @wideloadpod On this episode: @GRIFTSH0P, @juchecostco, @post_hog, and @law_violator Outro song; Working Men Unite by Joe Glazer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BjddZvN7N4)

The I.W.W. was a tough, militant, radical union, and its very existence terrified business owners, factory bosses, and the entire U.S. government. Since its founding, the law had been out to get the Wobblies. In 1919, as a record number of Americans went on strike for better wages and working conditions, would the union be able to help them? Would the union even survive? The Wobblies were so famous for singing that they repeatedly published their lyrics in "The Little Red Songbook," which contained Wobbly sayings and organizing advice as well as songs. "Big Bill" Haywood was tough and physically imposing, but he had a big heart and a gift for communicating with workers. Samuel Gompers was leader of the IWW-rival the American Federation of Labor. He cultivated a reputation for the organization as reasonable and cooperative--and achieved many results for his members. Pinkerton agent James McParland took over the investigation of the murder of former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg, and his handling of the main suspect was, shall we say, questionable. McParland was one of the country's most famous Pinkerton agents, known for his infiltration of the Molly Maguires--so famous, in fact, that Arthur Conan Doyle modeled a character in his novel The Valley of Fear on McParland and imagined a conversation between Sherlock Holmes and the real detective. The trial of multiple Wobbly leaders for the murder of Frank Steunenberg garnered nationwide--even international--press attention. The most successful IWW-led strike was the "Bread and Roses" strike in 1912 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Many of the strikers were women, seen here on the picket line. IWW organizers urged the strikers to remain peaceful no matter how much the police and state militia threatened them. The strikers generally remained non-violent, although in one confrontation between the two groups a young woman was shot and killed. It remains uncertain who was responsible, but IWW organizer Joseph Ettor was placed on trial. No evidence connected him to the murder, and he was aquitted. Joe Hill was an uneducated, unskilled Swedish immigrant with a remarkable gift for songwriting--in an adopted language, no less. He was convicted of murder and executed by firing squad in 1915. His death can be seen as matter of perverse stubbornness in the face of officialdom--he refused to explain how he had received a gunshot wound on the night a former policeman was killed. Or it was a blatant miscarriage of justice in which a man with no connection to the the murder victim became a convenient scapegoat. Or perhaps it was both. In any case, Hill became a martyr to the Wobbly cause. This remarkable image shows striking miners and those considered their allies being loaded up into cattle cars on the morning of July 12, 1917 by the sheriff of Bisbee, Arizona and the self-appointed Citizens' Protective League. The men were told if they attempted to return to town, they would be killed. The cattle cars were abandoned across the New Mexico border, leaving the men without food or water. Sheriff Harry Wheeler was unconcerned that his actions might have been illegal. "It became a question of 'Are you American, or are you not?'" he said. In September 1918, 48 IWW offices across the country were raided. This image shows one office after the raid. More than one hundred IWW members and leaders were tried under the Espionage Act. Most were convicted and received sentences of up to twenty years. The union spent most of 1918 and 1919 raising money for defense and appeals. This was a Wobbly fundraising picnic. The banner reads, at the top, "We're in For You" and asks for money for the "Class War Prisoners." When the unions of Seattle called a general strike in January 1919, the mayor was so terrified he requested U.S. Army troops, including machine gun companies, be sent to his town. Actors walked out of Broadway shows in August 1919 in the first Actors Equity union strike. Here actors walk the picket line. When the Boston Police went on strike in September 1919, the public was terrified they would be helpless at the hands of criminals. The recently elected governor Calvin Coolidge sent the state militia to town and earned nationwide praise for ensuring law and order. Coolidge is seen here inspecting militia members. The steelworkers strike was pushed from the bottom up and never had the full support of the unions who were supposed to organize and lead it. The factory owners convinced workers that the cause was hopeless and they should go back to work. Notice that this advertisement, which ran in a Pittsburgh newspaper, is in mutiple languages to reach immigrant workers. When the town of Centralia, Washington planned a parade for the first anniversary of Armistice Day, rumors swirled that the IWW hall would be attacked. The rumors were so prevalent that the Wobblies issued a statement requesting that the townspeople avoid violence and turn to law enforcement if they believe the IWW is guilty of any crimes. This photo shows the parade stepping off, before violence erupted at the IWW hall. Warren Grimes had served with the U.S. Army in Vladivostok and had a well-earned fear of Bolshevism. He was a local hero, and when he warned about the IWW, people listened. Grimes was one of the first shot in the conflict between the IWW and the American Legion. Exactly what happened that day remains under dispute. It is not disputed that a mob of Centralia townsfolk dragged Wobbly member Wesley Everest out of jail and hanged him on a nearby railway bridge. Labor Songs "Solidarity Forever" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCnEAH5wCzo) by John H. Chaplin, recorded by Pete Seeger on the album "If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle," Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1998. "The Popular Wobbly" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wleLxETd_kM) by T-Bone Slim, recorded by Eric Glatz on the album "IWW Rebel Voices: Songs of the Industrial Workers of the World," Universal Music Group, 1984. "Bread and Roses" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDdvbqbmM4o&t=29s) from a poem by James Oppenheim, sung by Bronwen Lewis, from the movie "Pride," 2014. "There Is Power in a Union" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEHZRrbDDzA) by Joe Hill, recorded by Joe Glazer on the album "Songs of the Wobblies, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1977. "The Preacher and the Slave" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8qoB1XwtHM) by Joe Hill, recorded by Utah Phillips on the album "Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2006. "Joe Hill's Last Will" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkoMdhxk03k) by Joe Hill, recorded by John McCutcheon, 2015. "Union Burying Ground" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuzbX6pfY-c) written and performed by Woody Guthrie, recorded in the 1940s and released on the album "Struggle," Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1976. "Bread and Roses" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiiKgST_G2Q) from a poem by James Oppenheim, sung and recorded by Bronwen Lewis, 2014. Please note that the links below to Amazon are affiliate links. That means that, at no extra cost to you, I can earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 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In our first episode, Talia and Jess talk about electoral politics, why it's never going to give us the change we need, and what to do instead. Big thanks to our parent podcast Proles of the Round Table, who's stellar discord community brought Talia and Jess together. We can't say enough good things about the hosts and the community as a whole. We love every one of you. We highly recommend following them and our sibling pods Proles of the Book Club and Proles of the Minyan for more great Marxist-Leninist content. Follow us on Twitter for episode updates. A correction: Jess said their Senator was a fascist. They might be, but they were actually referring to their State Representative. Intro and outro sampled from the song Rebel Girl, written by Joe Hill for the IWW Little Red Songbook, and performed by Joe Glazer and Bill Friedland.

Episode about the later history of the revolutionary union the Industrial Workers of the World 1918-1950s. We went to Chicago to talk to our friend Warren to learn more about this little-known period in the union’s history. If you haven’t heard it yet, listen to our first IWW episode, episode 6, here: https://soundcloud.com/workingclasshistory/iww-peter-cole-interview Support this podcast on patreon here: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory This is a playlist we compiled of IWW music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL71HxBMvC6bxcbE373VUIFoIkZqqRVM79 FOOTNOTES Here are links to source information and further reading on the topics discussed in this episode Industrial Worker archive https://libcom.org/library/industrial-worker-newspaper The One Big Union Monthly archive https://libcom.org/library/one-big-union-monthly They didn't suppress the Wobblies - Fred Thompson https://libcom.org/history/they-didnt-suppress-wobblies-fred-thompson Blood on the coal: Colorado strike of 1927 - Patrick Murfin https://libcom.org/history/blood-coal-colorado-strike-1927-patrick-murfin The IWW since 1932 - George Pearce https://libcom.org/history/iww-1932-george-pearce Cleveland Metal and Machinery Workers 440 Shop Bulletins https://libcom.org/history/cleveland-metal-machinery-workers-440-shop-bulletins Educate, Organize, Emancipate: The Work People’s College and The Industrial Workers of the World https://tcorganizer.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/educate-organize-emancipate-the-work-peoples-college-and-the-industrial-workers-of-the-world/ 1950: report from Cleveland metalworkers union calling on the IWW to comply with Taft-Hartley https://libcom.org/library/1950-report-cleveland-metalworkers-union-calling-iww-comply-taft-hartley PUBLICATIONS The Wobblies in Their Heyday: The Rise and Destruction of the Industrial Workers of the World During the World War I Era by Eric Chester At the Point of Production: The Local History of the I.W.W. Edited by Joseph R. Conlin. From Syndicalism to Trade Unionism: The IWW in Ohio, 1905-1950 by Roy T. Wortman The Communist Party and the Auto Workers Unions by Roger Keeran ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Music used in the episode under Fair Use is: – There is power in the union – Joe Glazer – buy it online here: https://www.amazon.com/There-Power-Union/dp/B000S3FOSW Edited by Jesse French

Episode about the early history of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States, 1905-1918. In conversation with Peter Cole, coeditor of the new book Wobblies of the World: a Global History of the IWW. Please support our work, get access to bonus material, early access to podcasts and more benefits on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory This is our playlist of early IWW music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL71HxBMvC6bxcbE373VUIFoIkZqqRVM79 You can buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0745399592/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0745399592&linkCode=as2&tag=workingclas01-20&linkId=2dcaa991574b707f6725e787eaac7f00 This is a very short history of the union: https://libcom.org/history/articles/iww-usa Oral histories of it: https://libcom.org/history/solidarity-forever-oral-history-iww-stewart-bird-dan-georgakas-deborah-shaffer Peter's book Wobblies on the Waterfront: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0252079280/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0252079280&linkCode=as2&tag=workingclas01-20&linkId=4cab8fbd3232f67f0f0e807b9fef191c FOOTNOTES – Big Bill Haywood: https://libcom.org/tags/bill-haywood – Syndicalism – this is a short introduction to syndicalism: https://libcom.org/library/syndicalism-introduction – Anarchism – this is a short introduction to anarchism: https://libcom.org/thought/anarchist-communism-an-introduction – Lucy Parsons: https://libcom.org/history/articles/1853-lucy-parsons – Eugene Debs: https://www.iww.org/history/biography/EugeneDebs/1 – Mother Jones: https://libcom.org/library/autobiography-mother-jones – Philadelphia Local 8: more info in Peter's book linked to above, and here: https://libcom.org/library/100-years-ago-philadelphia-dockers-strike-local-8-iww-mouvement-communiste-kolektivně-pr – Ben Fletcher: https://libcom.org/history/articles/1890-19-ben-fletcher – Bread and roses strike: https://libcom.org/history/1912-the-lawrence-textile-strike – Denver domestic workers: https://libcom.org/history/letter-iww-domestic-workers-union-1917-jane-street – John Dos Passos: https://libcom.org/history/john-dos-passos – IWW free speech fights. Spokane: Https://libcom.org/history/1908-10-spokane-free-speech-fight – Missoula: https://libcom.org/history/1909-missoula-free-speech-fight – San Diego: https://libcom.org/history/1912-san-diego-free-spech-fight – Upton Sinclair: https://libcom.org/tags/upton-sinclair-0 – Anarcho-Syndicalism: https://libcom.org/thought/anarcho-syndicalism-an-introduction – General strike – classic IWW text on the general strike: https://libcom.org/library/general-strike-ralph-chaplin – Joe Hill: https://libcom.org/history/1915-the-murder-of-joe-hill – Little red songbook: https://libcom.org/library/little-red-song-book – Ralph Chaplin: https://libcom.org/tags/ralph-chaplin – Utah Phillips: https://www.iww.org/history/biography/UtahPhillips/1 – This is a database of hundreds of incidents of repression against the IWW up to 1920: https://libcom.org/history/database-repression-iww-1906-1920 – Frank Little – article about his murder here: https://libcom.org/library/man-was-hung – Centralia massacre – article about the murder of IWW member Wesley Everest: https://libcom.org/history/1919-the-murder-of-wesley-everest – Everett massacre: https://libcom.org/history/everett-massacre-1916-walt-crowley – Greenville IWW battle against the KKK: https://libcom.org/history/1924-kkk-iww-wage-drawn-battle-greenville – Knights of Labor: https://libcom.org/history/knights-labor-1869-1885-louis-adamic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IWW music used in the episode under Fair Use includes: – Solidarity forever – Pete Seeger – buy it here: https://amzn.to/2x63dYE – There is power in a union – Joe Glazer and Bill Friedland – buy it here: https://amzn.to/2IGaQKS – The preacher and the slave – Utah Phillips – buy it here: https://amzn.to/2J421dc Edited by Tyler Hill: https://tylerkenthill.podbean.com/

Nu blir det bonuspodd! Med kampsångshistoria! Det är kraft i vårt förbund! Medverkande: Jonas Nordling. Vinjett: Hergé/M. Ashraf. Musik: The Fundias and the Medium Mindblowers, Fred Åkerström, Joe Glazer, Mora träsk, The Sons of the Pioneers, Weavers, Billy Bragg.

This Train (is Bound for Glory) - Chords, Lyrics and OriginsOur version of this Classic African-American Spiritual features a New Orleans Style Piano, Ukelele, Muddy Waters style Delta Blues Dobro, Guitars, Drums, Swing Acoustic Bass, and FiddleOriginsFirst recorded in 1922 by the Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, This Train (or 'This Train is Bound for Glory' or 'Dis Train' as it is sometimes known) is an African-American spiritual. The oddly-named Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet were an early African-American barber-shop act who sang the song a cappella. This Train was later made famous by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who recorded it twice: initially, using an acoustic guitar, in the 1930s, and then again, using an electric guitar, in the 1950s. Her 1950s version is now seen as a precursor of Rock-n-Roll. It was also famously recorded as 'This Train is Bound for Glory' by Woody Guthrie. Guthrie's autobiographical novel, 'Bound for Glory' takes its title from the song.GThis train is bound for glory, this train.G DThis train is bound for glory, this train.GThis train is bound for glory,CNon gonna ride it but the righteous and the holy.G D GThis train is bound for glory, this train.This train don't carry no gamblers, this train;This train don't carry no gamblers, this train;This train don't carry no gamblers,No High Flyers, no midnight ramblers,This train is bound for glory, this train.This train don't carry no liars, this train;This train don't carry no liars, this train;This train don't carry no liars,No Hypocrites, compromiseers, and Truth DeniersThis train don't carry no liars, this train.© 2015 Shiloh Worship Music COPY FREELY;This Music is copyrighted to prevent misuse, however,permission is granted for non-commercial copying-Radio play permitted- www.shilohworshipmusic.comFrom Wikipedia:Early history:The earliest known example of "This Train" is a recording by Florida Normal and Industrial Institute Quartette from 1922, under the title "Dis Train."[3] Another one of the earliest recordings of the song is the version made by Wood's Blind Jubilee Singers in August 1925 under the title "This Train Is Bound for Glory". The next year the song found its way into print for the first time in the Lomaxes' American Folk Songs and Ballads anthology and was subsequently included in Alan Lomax's 1960 anthology, Folk Songs of North America.[2]In 1935, the first hillbilly recording of the song was released by Tennessee Ramblers as "Dis Train" in reference to the song's black roots.[2] Then in the late 1930s, after becoming the first black artist to sign with a major label, gospel singer and guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe recorded "This Train" as a hit for Decca. Her later version of the song, released by Decca in the early 1950s, featured Tharpe on electric guitar and is cited as one of several examples of her work that led to the emergence of rock 'n roll.Other recordingsOver the years, "This Train" has been covered by artists specializing in numerous genres, including blues, folk, bluegrass, gospel, rock, post-punk, jazz, reggae, and zydeco. Among the solo artists and groups who have recorded it are Louis Armstrong, Big Bill Broonzy, Brothers Four, Hylo Brown, Alice Coltrane, Delmore Brothers, Sandy Denny, D.O.A., Lonnie Donegan, Jimmy Durante, Snooks Eaglin, Bob Gibson, Joe Glazer, John Hammond, Jr., Cisco Houston, Janis Ian, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Jenkins, Sleepy LaBeef, The Limeliters, Trini Lopez, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Ziggy Marley, Ricky Nelson, Peter, Paul & Mary, Utah Phillips, Pete Seeger, The Seekers, Roberta Sherwood, Hank Snow, David Soul, Staples Singers, Billy Strange, the Tarriers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Hank Thompson, Sublime, Randy Travis, The Verlaines, Bunny Wailer, Nina Hagen, Girls at Our Best!, Buckwheat Zydeco and Jools Holland.[2][4]”Come and check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ShilohWorshipGroup/videos  Free Christian Worship Music on the iTunes StorePlease check out our free Christian Worship Music on the iTunes Store. We offer 6 free Podcasts that contain our original worship music. Below are the links- if you like them you can subscribe FREE and receive new songs in the form of podcasts as they are released.Free Bluegrass Gospel Hymns and Songs from Shiloh Worship Music. Old Standard Hymns and Songs as well as Original Bluegrass Gospel Songs.http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus/id471784726?i=100849735FREE PRAISE & WORSHIP  FREE Original Praise and Worship Music Our style is very eclectic ranging from Blues to Folk to Reggae to Worldbeat to Bluegrass to Contemporary Worship. Most songs Are in English, some songs are in English and Spanish, and a few songs have been translated into other languages like Swahili, French, Chinese, and Korean. Etc. We Love Jesus, we are simple christian disciples of Jesus using our gifts to lavish our love and lives for Him. Our desire is to point others to Jesus. 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Smokestack Soundbites; audio stories from the Everett Public Library about the history and life of our city and our county. Script David Dilgard Voices David Dilgard Van Ramsey Cameron Johnson Lisa Labovitch Theme Music "Another Day," by The Wild Snohomians Additional Music and Sounds Courtesy of The Internet Archive "The Commonwealth of Toil," by Joe Glazer and Bill Friedland, from "Songs of the Wobblies" ""The Popular Wobbly," by Joe Glazer and Bill Friedland, from "Songs of the Wobblies" "The Preacher and the Slave," words by Joe Hill, sung by Cameron Johnson "Annie, My Own," Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra "Internationalen," by Henrik Menander from "Swedish Labor Songs" "Symphony No. 7, second movement" by Ludwig van Beethoven "Hold the Fort," sung by Cameron Johnson "We Shall Not Be Moved," Just Plain Awful, from "Favorite Folk and Union Songs" Freesound Project Sound Effects Smoking Breath In and Out - ramhernandez Ice Cube Drop into Glass - shall555 Basic Gunbattle-1 - TBOY298 Bench Saw Crosscutting - Benboncan Factory Ambiance - dheming BBC Sound Effects Library BBC 7 Track 40 Audio Editing Cameron Johnson  Technical Support Zac Matthews

Your host for this edition is Jeron Criswell KingIt is entitled Perhaps the MoonThe Content First Sequence:Sunny Clapp & His Band o' Sunshine - Come Easy, Go EasyIrving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Gang - StardustThe Cotton Pickers - St. Louis GalHoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra - Georgia (On My Mind)Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra - So TiredSecond Sequence:Sis Cunningham - Henry WallaceJoe Glazer & Bill Friedlander - Our Line's Been ChangedThe Weavers - The Hammer SongMario 'Boots' Casetta - Unemployment Compensation BluesHope Foye & Pete Seeger - Oh, FreedomThird Sequence:Harry Roy & His Band - Milenberg JoysBrian Lawrence & The Quaglino Quartet - ShineThe Devonshire Restaurant Dance Band - Sugar Foot StompThe Bond Street Swingers - China BoyMadame Tussaud's Dance Orchestra - Rockin' in RhythmFourth Sequence:Bea Foote - WeedsLil Green - I'm Going to Copyright Your KissesMonette Moore - Peace, Sister, PeacePerline Ellison - Razor Totin' MamaRosetta Howard - Come Easy, Go EasySummation:Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Praise God and Dance

Sweet love ballads and bitter blues from Lonnie Johnson, hard-scrabble songs for lean times from Pete Seeger and Joe Glazer, toe-tapping classics from Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, melancholy fado music from Portugal’s Maria Marques, and songs of strength and hope from the Abayudaya of Uganda.