Solidarity Forever

Solidarity Forever

The history and how-to of American labor, from 1619 to tomorrow's headlines. Starting with the Jamestown strike (as the White Lion landed), this podcast will cover American labor history in its advances, setbacks, triumphs, and shames, interspersed with labor theory and practice for making labor history of your own. Solidarity forever, friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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September 16, 2024 25 mins

In this episode, we look at strategies that enslaved Black labor employed before the Civil War.


CONTENT WARNING: abuse, slavery, violence, torture


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Today we look at two landmark labor law cases argued and decided in a heady few weeks in the summer of 1842...and at the man, "no friend of labor," who made them happen.

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May 13, 2024 20 mins
The ten-hour day, "six to six" with an hour for breakfast and an hour for supper, was the key fight of the late 1830s. Championed by the National Trades Union and the mill-girls of Lowell, the movement for a ten hour day would win some, and lose some, until it all came to a head in 1840.

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April 29, 2024 19 mins

In our first How To episode, we're starting at the beginning, with labor theory 101. Who is your boss? What's capital? And how does the night shift who always forgets to put away the cleaning supplies fit into all this?


Find out here, how there is power in a union.


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February 27, 2024 21 mins
Every good sequel should be bigger, louder, and thrilling-er than the first one, right?

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February 12, 2024 35 mins

Why did Lowell girls get accused of having New Jersey feelings? Today, we find out!


(PROTIP: It's not New Jersey)


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January 28, 2024 46 mins
Lowell, Massachussetts, was the Google Campus of the 1800s. So what went wrong to cause all those pretty, loyal mill girls to strike?

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January 15, 2024 35 mins
Labor action is effectively one of two things: political action, or direct action. This week, we learn about political action, in the courts through the landmark Pullis decision, and charting the rise and fall of the Working Man's Parties in the days of Andy Jackson.

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January 1, 2024 27 mins
What made American labor so unique, and American labor history so bloody? Today, we dive into what made the Americans exceptional.

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November 20, 2023 31 mins
The first American labor strike not even a decade after the beginning of American industry...and only a few months shy of the beginning of American slavery.

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Who I am, what labor unions are, and why you should care.

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