Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

Guerrilla Politics and Labor’s Long Fight

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Buwa Basebetsi digs into the radical politics behind the 1970s Patricia Hearst kidnapping. Plus, LaborFest weekend events in San Francisco, ILO labor conventions and Albert Parsons joins the Knights of Labor.

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Rich Guy Loses It All

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Kathy Newman joins the Labor Heritage Power Hour to unpack how class and power play out in The Residence, Running Point, and Your Friends and Neighbors. That’s 1pm on WPFW 89.3FM. Plus: Laborfest tackles fascism, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman is born.

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Yeah, We Can Do That

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: From the Apple Box podcast, how the City of Burnaby backed up big promises with real action on Indigenous relations, proving that when leadership says “yes,” change becomes possible. Plus, in labor history, President Johnson signs Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, banning discrimination on the job.

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When the Jobs Shut Down

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Union plumbers report on the shutdown of massive federal projects in Maryland, including at the new FBI complex and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving—costing union jobs and contracts. From Pipe Up, the podcast of the UA Plumbers’ Union. Plus: the 1929 New Orleans streetcar strike that gave birth to the po’ boy sandwich.

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Written by Humans for Humans

On today’s Labor Radio Podcast Daily: Why writers and artists are fighting to keep AI-generated content out of movies, plays, and literature. That’s from the Union Strong podcast by the New York State AFL-CIO. Plus: Bayard Rustin’s story screens online, a free concert in Greensboro, and Alabama ends convict leasing in 1928.

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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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