This is a fantastic look at music in the labor movement and provides great context for this week's poem. Thanks so much for putting this together. I particularly love the nod to the fact that music continues to be important in the labor movement.
I particularly liked the various versions of "Which Side Are You On?" I particularly liked the Czech version. It is easy sometimes (at least for me and others I know) to forget that the labor movement is a worldwide one and many of the songs have been translated and sung across the world.
I grew up listening to Pete Seeger and Woody Allen, singing these songs with my factory worker father. Over the years I've fallen in love with punk and modern folk artists who perform these same songs and many others with labor and social issue themes, but still love the classic versions as well. And nothing is better than having a group of people singing one of these songs while involved in activism and protest. It can be a moving, humbling and empowering experience.
Some of the links and music you mention have helped shape my poem for tomorrow's post. :D
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Date: 2012-09-14 03:06 am (UTC)I particularly liked the various versions of "Which Side Are You On?" I particularly liked the Czech version. It is easy sometimes (at least for me and others I know) to forget that the labor movement is a worldwide one and many of the songs have been translated and sung across the world.
I grew up listening to Pete Seeger and Woody Allen, singing these songs with my factory worker father. Over the years I've fallen in love with punk and modern folk artists who perform these same songs and many others with labor and social issue themes, but still love the classic versions as well. And nothing is better than having a group of people singing one of these songs while involved in activism and protest. It can be a moving, humbling and empowering experience.
Some of the links and music you mention have helped shape my poem for tomorrow's post. :D