Labor Heritage Power Hour

Poems of Work, Songs of Struggle


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On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: Poet Martín Espada joins Susan Eisenberg to read from Jailbreak of Sparrows—poems of work, class, and immigrant labor, including “Look at This” and “The Snake.” Then we mark the IWW’s Little Red Songbook anniversary with four classics: “Hold the Fort,” “The Internationale,” “Dump the Bosses Off Your Back,” and “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues.”


Broadcast on August 21, 2025 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC, and other stations across America on the Pacifica Network.
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman.
The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

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