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Best of G&R: May Day vs Labor Day. How the ruling class stops radical organizing. (G&R 178)
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Happy Labor Day tender ones!
Here is a repost of our May Day episode from 2021. In it, Bob and Scott talk about the history of May Day from pagan rituals to the Haymarket Affair to International Workers' Day to Labor Day and Loyalty Day. And we discuss how the ruling class's "war on the left" fits into the politics of May Day vs. Labor Day.
Spend an hour of your Labor Day weekend hearing about its history. You won't regret it.
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Outro// "Which Side Are You On" by Florence Reece
Links//
- IWW: The Brief Origins of May Day (https://bit.ly/2QLtO7Q)
- G&R: How Union Organizing Fights the Boss with Daisy Pitkin (https://apple.co/3y35txO)
- G&R: Collin College strikes again! Dr. Michael Phillips, award-winning scholar, fired! (https://apple.co/34ItAFq)
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This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Scott.