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.

Episodes

The Ten-Hour Day

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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There is Power in a Union

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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Lowell II

February 27, 2024 • 21 mins

Every good sequel should be bigger, louder, and thrilling-er than the first one, right?

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New Jersey Feelings

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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Regularly Discharged Forever

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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Throwing a Working Man's Party

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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The Exceptional Americans

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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Eight Dutch-men and Poles

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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The History of the History of American Labor

November 3, 2023 • 16 mins

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

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