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Soccer was forged in the class struggle · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  The history of soccer, that's football outside North America, is deeply
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  intertwined with class conflict.
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  This still resonates today.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Thursday, July 16th.
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  football’s history is not just about matches and trophies.
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  It is also a history of industrialization, labor, capitalism, community, and the
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  changing relationship between ordinary people and the institutions that govern
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  one of the world’s most popular sports.
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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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  Today at 1:00 here on WPFW 89.3 FM
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  On today's Labor Arts calendar, the 2026 UALE Women's Summer School starts today in
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  Atlanta, Georgia, and runs through Sunday.
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  Details and the latest labor arts news and events are available at laborheritage.org,
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  In today's labor history, on this date in 1934, The San Francisco
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  longshoremen strike spread, becoming a four-day general strike.
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  Today's labor quote is by George Meany, who said, "While strikes sometimes
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  cause public inconvenience, they are an inherent part of the liberties
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  we all enjoy: Support for the Labor Radio Podcast Daily comes from
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  Union 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.