Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

The Boss Needs You

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A 1934 strike by Milwaukee electric railway workers. And on this day in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World—the IWW—was founded in Chicago. Plus, this weekend’s labor arts calendar features Brother Outsider, Love Songs from the Liberation Wars, and a concert with Bev Grant & Charlie King.

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In the Beginning Was the Word

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Author Jennifer Smythe shares the story of Mary C. McCall Jr., Hollywood’s most powerful—and forgotten—screenwriter, plus, a preview of this year’s San Francisco LaborFest; on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, one o’clock on WPFW.

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Union Vets Call Out a Draft Dodger

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Veterans and union members rally on the National Mall, calling out Donald Trump’s record and standing up for those who served. From the Working People podcast. Plus: A. Philip Randolph’s pressure leads to a historic anti-discrimination order on this day in 1941.

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No Middle Ground with Fascism

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Labor strategist Bill Fletcher draws a hard line between labor and authoritarianism, warning against even faint praise for fascist leaders. Plus: we remember labor leader Terence V. Powderly, who died on this date in 1924, and Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons, born June 24, 1848.

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A Path to the Middle Class

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From KBOO’s Labor Radio in Portland, a look at how public sector jobs offered generations of workers a ladder to the middle class. Plus: the latest labor arts news at laborheritage.org, and in labor history, a deadly 1914 union conflict in Butte, Montana.

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Conspiracy Charges Are Thought Crime

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Stoppage breaks down the use of conspiracy laws as tools of repression against labor and protest movements. Plus: the Great Labor Arts Exchange heats up with tonight’s Song & Poetry Contest and tomorrow’s Laborpalooza concert. In labor history, we remember the deadly 1943 Detroit race riots. And we close with a powerful quote on union solidarity from Sue Carney.

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Cooperation Over Competition

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Artist Eric Ruin talks with Tabitha Arnold about how punk, zines, and class rage fueled his radical art—and why he gets more from collaboration than competition. Plus: the Great Labor Arts Exchange kicks off tomorrow, and a historic sit-down strike in Akron.

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Somehow It Feels Like a Small Town

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Green and Red captures the grassroots spirit rising in Los Angeles as communities resist ICE raids and repression—no organizing required when neighbors have each other’s backs. Plus: the Great Labor Arts Exchange kicks off Friday in Silver Spring, A. Philip Randolph meets with FDR, and a powerful reminder that justice must be exacted, not given.

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The Labor Movement Needs Its Heart and Backbone

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Work Week Radio sounds the alarm on rising attacks and calls for labor to act now. Plus: the Great Labor Arts Exchange kicks off Friday, a deadly 1864 arsenal explosion, and Susan B. Anthony’s timeless words.

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Playing by the Rules Won’t Stop the Empire

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: The Green and Red podcast takes us deep into Andor, where political awakening comes not from power and privilege, but from the realization that systemic change requires more than following the rules. Plus: Eugene V. Debs speaks truth to power on this day in 1918.

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