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Back to SearchLabor Day, Solidarity Day and a Fight for Justice
Episode 425
On this week’s Labor History Today: Delta pilots trace the 1894 Pullman Strike’s connections to Labor Day and today’s airline labor law; more than 40…
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Ralph Chaplin’s Legacy, Ybor City’s Radical Past
Episode 424
On this week’s Labor History Today, we explore how working people preserve the history that official markers, museums and tours too often leave out.
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Trouble! at Coal Creek (Encore)
Episode 423
On this week’s Labor History Today: Activist and artist Austin Sauerbrei talks about his debut graphic novel Trouble! at Coal Creek, which brings to …
2 weeks ago
Detroit’s Ring of Labor
Episode 422
On this week’s Labor History Today: John Dick and Dave Elsila of the Michigan Labor History Society take Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant on a tour of …
3 weeks ago
Fan the Flames of Discontent: The Little Red Songbook at 117
Episode 421
On this week’s Labor History Today: The IWW’s Little Red Songbook was created to “fan the flames of discontent”—and its songs have carried solidarity…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Richard Trumka on The Art of Solidarity
Episode 420
On this week’s Labor History Today: Richard Trumka traces the history of labor art from the coalfields of Harlan County and the Flint sit-down strike…
1 month ago
The People’s Historian
Episode 419
On this week’s Labor History Today: Dave Zirin discusses his new book, The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn, exploring the histor…
1 month, 1 week ago
No Pasarán Then, No Pasarán Now
Episode 418
On this week’s Labor History Today: A hand-held fan donated to the Museum of Vancouver tells the story of Canadian workers who volunteered to fight f…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Patriotism, Paranoia, and Labor on Trial (Encore)
Episode 417
On this week’s Labor History Today: Historian Dr. Jeffrey Johnson tells the story of the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing and the infamous…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The People's Game, The People's Strike
Episode 416
As Spain and Argentina meet in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, Labor History Today looks beyond the action on the pitch to explore soccer's deep roots…
2 months ago