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2 months ago

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Kathy Newman - Labor Heritage Foundation “So many Christmas stories are about capitalism and are about work and are often about some kind of hard-hearted employer having a change of heart and seeing the light, getting into the Christmas spirit and realizing that people actually need to rest during the holidays.”Kathleen M. Newman

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK 💬✊

• Christmas, Work, and Rest — Kathleen M. Newman on how holiday stories reveal hard truths about labor and capitalism.

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#LaborQuote #WorkersDeserveRest #LaborCulture

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3 months ago

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Bernie Sanders on Gene Debs - Labor Heritage Foundation ”Don't look at Gene Debs as some kind of historical figure. Look at him as somebody who is motivating us today.”Bernie Sanders at the 2025 Debs Award; listen on the Labor Heritage Power Hour.

🗣️ Labor Quote of the Week:
“Don’t look at Gene Debs as some kind of historical figure. Look at him as somebody who is motivating us today.” — Bernie Sanders, at the 2025 Debs Award
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#LaborQuote #GeneDebs #1u

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4 months ago

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Fannie Lou Hamer - Labor Heritage Foundation “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” – Fannie Lou Hamer; hear her sing on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour. 

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” — Fannie Lou Hamer

Hear her sing on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour 🎙️
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#FannieLouHamer #LaborQuote #JazzAndJustice #WPFW #Solidarity

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5 months ago

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Carsie Blanton - Labor Heritage Foundation “The rich have us by the balls of late but buck up, there's a lot more of us than there are of them. Keep shining, we'll get 'em good.”Musician Carsie Blanton, whose music the DC Labor Chorus will be singing in their December concert and who participated in the 2025 Great Labor Arts Ex

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “The rich have us by the balls of late but buck up…” —Carsie Blanton
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(DC Labor Chorus sings her songs in December; she joined the 2025 Great Labor Arts Exchange.) #LaborQuote #LaborArts

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5 months ago

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Ursula K. Le Guin - Labor Heritage Foundation “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”Sci-fi and fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin; shared by labor jo

Labor Quote of the Week
“Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art—very often in our art, the art of words.” — Ursula K. Le Guin
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#LaborQuote #UrsulaLeGuin #ArtAndResistance #WordsMatter

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7 months ago

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Georges Brassens - Labor Heritage Foundation “A song can make the powerful tremble.”Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and poet.

🎶 LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK 🎶
“A song can make the powerful tremble.”
— Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and poet
✊🎤 #LaborQuote #MusicAndResistance #SolidarityThroughSong

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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.
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#LaborQuote #DropkickMurphys #1u #Solidarity #LaborMusic #WorkingClassVoices

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10 months ago

LABOR QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Joe McNeill - Labor Heritage Foundation "I walked away with an attitude that, if our country is screwed up, don't give up. Unscrew it, but don't give up."               &nbsp

Labor Quote of the Week: Joe McNeil
"If our country is screwed up, don't give up. Unscrew it."
—One of the Greensboro Four, 1960 Woolworth sit-in
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#LaborQuote #CivilRights #GreensboroFour #SolidarityForever