Boot Biters

With the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) back in the news, there's never been a better time to learn about the illegal (and successful) wildcat strike that letter carriers undertook in 1970!

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Creator, Host, Social Media, Art, Music, General Chaos Sower: Dakota Saunders

In part two of the deep dive into W.E.B. Du Bois' book Black Reconstruction, we talk about the relationship between white and Black workers, the challenging conditions facing Black labor in the reconstruction period, and efforts to improve conditions like the Freedman's Bureau.

Find Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast online:

• Website and Transcripts: https://rss.com/podcasts/boot-biters/
• You can also listen to the pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get your podcasts!

• Instagram and TikTok: @bootbiterspod

• BlueSky: @bootbiterspod.bsky.social

Support the podcast, get access to monthly bonus episodes, and check out resources used in episodes for further reading: patreon.com/BootBiters

Credits:

Creator, Host, Social Media, Art, Music, General Chaos Sower: Dakota Saunders

In part one of this two-part series, we deep-dive into W.E.B. Du Bois' book Black Reconstruction and explore his General Strike thesis, looking at how enslaved Black workers in the South engaged in intentional and effective resistance and withdrew their forced labor from the plantation economy, ultimately pushing the outcome of the Civil War and their own emancipation.

Find Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast online:

• Website and Transcripts: https://rss.com/podcasts/boot-biters/
• You can also listen to the pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

• Instagram: @bootbiterspod

• BlueSky: @bootbiterspod.bsky.social

Support the podcast, get access to monthly bonus episodes, and check out resources used in episodes for further reading: patreon.com/BootBiters

Credits:

Creator, Host, Social Media, Art, Music, General Chaos Sower: Dakota Saunders

Plebeians in the Roman Republic weren't playing around! In this episode we cover the first Secessio Plebis when the citizens of Rome abandoned the city in a general strike to get what they wanted. We also talk about the Servile Wars: the series of armed rebellions of enslaved workers in Rome that had the army scrambling. From that city-wide walk out, to fire-breathing magicians, to Spartacus, there's a whole lot to unpack!

Find Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast online:

• Website and Transcripts: https://rss.com/podcasts/boot-biters/
• You can also listen to the pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

• Instagram: @bootbiterspod

• BlueSky: @bootbiterspod.bsky.social

Support the podcast and get access to monthly bonus episodes!

patreon.com/BootBiters

Credits:

Creator, Host, Social Media, Art, Music, General Chaos Sower: Dakota Saunders

Did you know the first recorded labor strike in history happened over 3,000 years ago in Ancient Egypt? Well now you do! In this introductory episode we talk about the Deir El Medina strikes, where artisans working on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings pushed back on not being paid on time...repeatedly. This one has everything from graffiti to grave robbing, tangents about pottery shards, and some good ol' rants (TM) about our lack of mandated sick leave in the U.S.

Find Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast online:

• Website and Transcripts: https://rss.com/podcasts/boot-biters/
• You can also listen to the pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get your podcasts.

• Instagram: @bootbiterspod

• BlueSky: @bootbiterspod.bsky.social

Support the podcast and get access to monthly bonus episodes!

patreon.com/BootBiters

Credits:

Creator, Host, Social Media, Art, Music, General Chaos Sower: Dakota Saunders

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