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1 week ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK - Labor Heritage Foundation 1913 labor protest song by activist Joe Hill (published in the IWW's Little Red Songbook) critiquing the military-industrial complex, questioning why money is spent on war while workers suffer.

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK

Should I Ever be a Soldier by Joe Hill

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#LaborMusic #Music #Song

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1 week ago

TODAY’S LABOR HISTORY - Labor Heritage Foundation 1913: Joe Hill’s song “There Is Power In A Union” appears in “Little Red Song Book,” published by the Wobblies.1930: With the Great Depression underway, hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers demonstrated in some 30 cities and towns; close to 100,000 filled Union Square in New York City and

TODAY’S LABOR HISTORY

There Is Power In A Union, unemployed workers demonstrate, and the Lordstown wildcat strike

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#LaborHistory #Lordstown #Ohio #music #song #LaborMusic

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1 week ago

🎶 Favorite labor song - right now on the Labor Heritage Power Hour:

Billy Bragg’s “There Is Power in a Union.”

Listen live on WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC or online at wpfwfm.org

#LaborMusic #Music #Song

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2 weeks ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK - Labor Heritage Foundation If the People Unite - Seth Staton Watkins

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK

If the People Unite - Seth Staton Watkins

Hear it at tinyurl.com/45ys2sm8

#Song #Music #LaborMusic

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3 weeks ago

THIS WEEK’S LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR - Labor Heritage Foundation Songs of Revolution and Protest: All-music special from The Downbeat Music Show (Florence, Oregon), featuring powerful songs of revolution and protest. From historic anthems to contemporary voices of resistance, this hour explores how music has fueled movements, challenged injustice, and sustained w

THIS WEEK’S LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR

Songs of Revolution and Protest: All-music special from The Downbeat Music Show.

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#LaborRadioPod #LaborMusic #Protest #Song

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1 month ago

🎶 MINDY MURRAY – “STRIKING AT KINGS”

Mindy Murray on her new song inspired by the 1938 King Farm strike — and why labor struggles echo today.

📻 On NOW: WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC or Streaming at
wpfwfm.org/radio/

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#LaborMusic #FolkMusic #LaborHistory

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1 month ago

🎶🔥 On NOW on the Labor Heritage Power Hour on WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC:

DC Labor Chorus concert highlights—songs of resistance, immigrant justice, and solidarity that still move movements.
#SolidarityForever #LaborMusic

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3 months ago

🎶 Labor Heritage Power Hour: Work Songs! 🎶 Catch the show on your fav podcast platform! Heartland Classics & rare gems from Billy Bragg, Joe Glazer, Anne Feeney & more. Don’t miss it! #LaborMusic

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3 months ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: Dying to Make A Living - Labor Heritage Foundation Dying to Make A Living-The Local HoneysDon’t you wish there was a place all these Labor Songs of the Week were collected for easy viewing? There is! Check out our updated playlist here, where you’ll find 80 great labor song videos, including Hazel Dickens’ Fire in the Hole, Linda Allen’s Good Tr

🎶 Labor Song of the Week: Dying to Make a Living by The Local Honeys.
Plus — we’ve got an updated playlist with 80 labor song videos, from Hazel Dickens to Linda Allen to Jon Fromer and more. Listen & follow!
bit.ly/485tBQA
#LaborMusic #1u

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4 months ago

Bernie, Debs & the Sound of Solidarity Podcast Episode · Labor Heritage Power Hour · 11/13/2025 · 55m

🎙️ On today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour — Bernie Sanders on Eugene V. Debs, plus Johnny Miller Jr on songs that fuel picket lines. Listen: apple.co/4oFRO7m ✊🎶 #LaborRadio #WPFW #LaborHistory #LaborMusic

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4 months ago

HOME | Labor Radio Network The Labor Radio Podcast Network brings together radio shows and podcasts from around the world that speak to workers’ issues. You’ll find links to the shows on this site, plus check out our Labor Radio Podcast Weekly, which features excerpts from Network shows:

Folk-punk musician Johnny Miller Jr joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to talk about songs on picket lines, courage, and community — tune in 1p on @wpfwdc 89.3FM 🎶 laborradionetwork.org #UnionStrong #Solidarity #LaborMusic

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4 months ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: Shutdown Blues - Labor Heritage Foundation

🎵 LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: “Shutdown Blues” — a stirring pick to highlight the shutdowns, slow-downs and stoppages that workers sometimes endure.
🔗 Listen/learn more: bit.ly/3JnF4mp

#LaborMusic #WorkersAnthem #Solidarity

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4 months ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: What Will I Leave - Laurel Blaydes - Labor Heritage Foundation LAUREL BLAYDES (1952-2022) sings "What Will I Leave" at the Great Labor Arts Exchange in 2004. (This recording is featured on this week's Labor Heritage Power Hour). For 13 years Laurel directed the Labor Heritage Foundation during its early days when it struggled to establish itself

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK 🎶 Laurel Blaydes — “What Will I Leave” (GLAE 2004). Singer/organizer & former LHF director whose voice lifted labor culture. Featured on today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour (1p on WPFW).
Watch/listen: bit.ly/3Jc96cC
#LaborMusic #LaurelBlaydes #WPFW #GLAE #UnionStrong

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4 months ago

Labor Song of the Week: Otis Gibbs — “Joe Hill’s Ashes” on Labor Heritage Power Hour 1p today. Don’t mourn—organize (and become a sustainer). $12.50/mo keeps independent radio alive: wpfwfm.org | 800-222-9739 #LaborMusic #WPFW

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5 months ago

📣 Favorite Labor Song: Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey picks Billy Bragg’s “There Is Power in a Union”—the pre-show pump-up that puts the band in battle mode.
#LaborMusic #DropkickMurphys #BillyBragg #UnionStrong #LaborHeritagePowerHour

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5 months ago

🎶 “Which Side Are You On?” closes our Matewan segment as Lloyd Tomlinson leads a powerful sing-out. Perfect coda to Wilma Steele’s bandana history. Listen at 1p on @WPFWDC
#WhichSideAreYouOn #LaborMusic #Matewan #LaborHeritagePowerHour

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5 months ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: Bella Ciao - Labor Heritage Foundation Thousands of people from the "movimento delle Sardine" ("Sardines movement") sing “Bella Ciao” in 2019 as a protest against some right-wing political parties. "Bella Ciao", an anti-Nazi and anti-fascist Italian folk song dedicated to the partisans of the Italian resis

🎶 Labor Song of the Week: Thousands in Turin join voices to sing Bella Ciao with Italy’s Sardine movement (2019). Once a partisan anthem, now a global hymn of resistance against fascism & injustice. Watch: bit.ly/46tHZS4 #BellaCiao #LaborMusic #Solidarity

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6 months ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: SEIU Local 1021 Sonoma County Song - Labor Heritage Foundation If the Brady Bunch organized…

🎶 Labor Song of the Week: SEIU Local 1021 Sonoma County Song — think “The Brady Bunch,” but organized! ✊ A fun, catchy tune with a serious message about worker power. Listen here: bit.ly/3K9rwe3 #LaborMusic #UnionStrong

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6 months ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: The Workers Song - Labor Heritage Foundation The Workers Song The Ramstampits

🎶 Labor Song of the Week
The Workers Song – performed by The Ramstampits

✊ A timeless anthem for working people everywhere.

🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/4oSlluK

#LaborMusic #UnionStrong #WorkersSong #SolidarityForever

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7 months ago

Dropkick Murphys Headline Bus Tour Rally for Union Rights in Cleveland - Labor Heritage Foundation The Dropkick Murphys joined the AFL-CIO “It’s Better In a Union” bus tour stop in Cleveland on Sunday to play for the crowd gathered to rally for union rights. UAW President Shawn Fain, Bricklayers (BAC) President Tim Driscoll and Utility Workers (UWUA) National Presid

🎸✊ The Dropkick Murphys brought the noise — and the solidarity — to Cleveland!
On Sunday, they headlined the AFL-CIO’s It’s Better In a Union bus tour rally, firing up the crowd for union rights.
📷🎧 bit.ly/4mHSYOd

#UnionStrong #DropkickMurphys #ItsBetterInAUnion #1u #LaborMusic #Solidarity

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8 months ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: Carsie Blanton - Labor Heritage Foundation Carsie Blanton at the 2025 Great Labor Arts Exchange.

🎶 Labor Song of the Week: Carsie Blanton at the 2025 Great Labor Arts Exchange! Catch her powerful performance that brought the house down. 🎤✊
Watch now: bit.ly/465RBUC
#LaborMusic #GLAE2025 #CarsieBlanton #UnionStrong #LaborHeritage

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8 months ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: "Talkin' Union: the Hip Hop Remix" - Labor Heritage Foundation Jendog Lonewolf: "Talkin' Union:  the Hip Hop Remix" at the 2025 Great Labor Arts Exchange.

🎵🔥 Labor Song of the Week
Jendog Lonewolf brings the movement to the mic with “Talkin’ Union: The Hip Hop Remix.”
Experience this powerful blend of hip hop and labor history:
👉 Listen here bit.ly/4eA0DeA
#LaborMusic #TalkinUnion #HipHop #Solidarity

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9 months ago

THIS WEEK’S LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR Songs of Solidarity and Struggle from ICE Raids to Cowboy Str - Labor Heritage Foundation On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: Francisco Herrera calls on music as a tool of resistance against ICE raids and repression in California; Carsie Blanton and Colleen Kattau bring songs of truth and freedom; Will Attig shares his favorite labor anthem; Seth Newton Patel digs into the 1883 Cow

🎶✊ Songs of Solidarity and Struggle on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour!

🎤 Francisco Herrera vs ICE raids
🎶 Carsie Blanton & Colleen Kattau
🤠 Seth Newton Patel on the 1883 Cowboy Strike
🎧 Plus Will Attig, Little Steven & more!

Listen: bit.ly/4ednrAM
#LaborRadioPod #UnionStrong #LaborMusic #Co

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9 months ago

🎸 On today’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: Rich People by @carsieblanton + Your Place of Freedom by @ColleenKattau = 🔥 anthems of truth & sanctuary.
🎧 1p ET @wpfwdc
#GLAE #LaborMusic #1u @LaborHeritage1 @wpfwdc @carsieblanton @WillAttig @ColleenKattau

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9 months ago

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Dropkick Murphys - Labor Heritage Foundation Through crime and crusadeOur labor, it’s been stolenWe’ve been robbed of our freedomWe’ve been held down and beholdenTo the bosses and bankersWho never gave their shareOf any bloodOf any sweatOf any tearsDropkick Murphys, Who’ll Stand With Us?

💥 (Last week's) Labor Quote of the Week
“Of any blood / Of any sweat / Of any tears” — Dropkick Murphys, Who’ll Stand With Us?
A fierce anthem for worker justice.
🎧 bit.ly/4n0g57t
#LaborQuote #DropkickMurphys #1u #Solidarity #LaborMusic #WorkingClassVoices

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9 months ago

🎶 T-Bone Slim: The Popular Wobbly
Poet, hobo, labor radical: we remember T-Bone Slim
🎧 Listen to “The Popular Wobbly” medley and learn his story on @WPFWDC
#WobblyWednesday #IWW #LaborMusic @allisonpugh.bsky.social @georgetownkilwp.bsky.social @uaw.org

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9 months ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK: "Who Will Stand With Us" - Labor Heritage Foundation

🎶 Labor Song of the Week
"Who Will Stand With Us" – Dropkick Murphys
A defiant anthem of solidarity and resistance from one of labor’s loudest musical allies.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3YTjgn7
#LaborMusic #DropkickMurphys #SolidarityForever #1u

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10 months ago

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK - Rich Man’s House - Labor Heritage Foundation DC Labor Chorus, at the May 8 LHF Solidarity Forever! Awards.

🎶 LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK
“Rich Man’s House” – performed by the DC Labor Chorus at the May 8 Solidarity Forever Awards.
🔥 A powerful anthem for the working class!
🎧 Watch/listen: bit.ly/4kp5HV0
#LaborMusic #UnionStrong #SolidarityForever #DCLaborChorus