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Songs for a Society Under Attack · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  a lot of the issues that we care about, whether it comes to labor justice, whether
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  it comes to the economy, whether it comes to living in a free society, like a lot of
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  those are coming under attack right now.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Thursday, August 13th.
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  And so Woody Guthrie was writing music about these things and speaking
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  about those things 100 years ago.
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  That's from the Labor Heritage Power Hour on the Labor Radio Podcast
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  network, laborradionetwork.org.
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  On today's labor arts calendar, authors Nicole Golda Greer and
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  Eladio Babadia will conduct an online discussion today at 3:00 PM.
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  Then, at 7:15 tonight, there's a special labor night performance of Woody
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  Guthrie's American Song in Washington, DC.
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  Complete details and the latest labor arts news and events are
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  available at laborheritage.org,
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  where you can also subscribe to the Labor Heritage Foundation's
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  free weekly newsletter.
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  in today's labor history on this date in 1892, Buffalo railroad switchmen struck
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  for a 10-hour day and higher wages.
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  But troops and scabs crushed the walkout.
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  Today's labor quote is by Saul Alinsky, who said, "Power goes to two poles:
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  to those who have got the money and those who have got the people."
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  Support for the Labor Radio Podcast daily comes from Union
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  Plus, a nonprofit organization founded by the AFL-CIO in 1986.
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  More information at unionplus.org.
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  This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast network.