Sep 9, 2021
Professor Peter Cole returns to the
show, this time to do an overview of labor history in the United
States.
We discuss the earliest worker movements, the Great Uprising of
1877, the Pullman and Homestead strikes, various coal miner
strikes, the Seattle General Strike, the IWW, the intersections of
race and class, the impact of the Russian Revolution on American
class politics, the first and second Red Scare, the Taft-Hartley
Act of 1947, the rise of neoliberalism and its impact on workers,
and much more!
Learn more about the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project: https://chicagoraceriot.org/
Follow Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profpetercole
Dont forget to check out our previous episodes with Peter on Ben Fletcher, the history of the IWW, and Dockworker Power!
Outro Music: "Revolt Resist Rebel" by The Haymarket Squares
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