Monday, September 19, 2011

Songs for the Struggle: Music of the Labor Movement

In light of the anti-union legislation/sentiment that has been sweeping the country, I've been researching the protest songs that have galvanized workers for over a century. It is hard to imagine the labor movement, or the civil rights movement, without the powerful music that has accompanied it. Here is the second entry of Last Throes' new series, Songs for the Struggle: Music of the Labor Movement.

 Florence Reece was a folk singer and labor activist from Sharps Chapel, Tennessee. She performs her song, "Which Side Are You On?," written during the United Mine Workers strike in 1931.





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