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Pete Seeger -Which Side are You On? (youtu.be)

This is a legendary classic, covered by dozens of leftist artists. While I prefer studio recordings generally, hearing an entire crowd singing this song gives so much more weight to it. I also really like this (admittedly it's mostly a meme) edit with rifle fire to really drive home that we would not have our labor rights today...

The Death of Harry Simms - Pete Seeger (youtu.be)

Harry Simms was an organizer for the NMU, a communist union that had been organizing in Harlan county, Kentucky during the events of Bloody Harlan. In fact his death, as described in this song, reignited militant labor into more violent action against the capitalists. Eventually the UMW won the hearts and minds of the workers...

Direct Action - Utah Phillips (youtu.be)

This is one of my favorites. Utah was a huge fan of this idea he called "the long memory". The long memory is the idea that as long as we know where our movement comes from, we'll have the knowledge to combat both new and old tactics meant to divide us. This song describes the true story of labor conditions and direct action in...

Albert Morgan: Union Man (1946) (youtu.be)

Joe Glazer has done a cover of this song that will definitely get posted down the line, but that cover has a fantastic intro quoting a union organizer: "you don't dig Italian coal, you don't dig Slavic coal, and you don't dig Irish coal, you just dig coal! Let's all get together and make a union."

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