Punching Out

Just in time for May Day, Rich, Cadejo, and Nadia tell the story of the Haymarket Affair and discussed the continued struggle for an eight-hour work day.

Ryan, Abby, and Earl engage on a wide-ranging discussion that goes from work ethic to the ongoing teachers' strikes and back again. The article that inspired the title of this episode, an excerpt of which is read in the final minutes, can be found here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/01/alive-in-the-sunshine/

Ryan plays DJ for an hour of songs about work and labor.

The full list of songs played on this show:

Billy Bragg - There is Power in a Union

Among The Oak & Ash - Joseph Hillstrom (1879-1915)

Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It

Johnny Cash - Sixteen Tons (Live)

Bruce Springsteen - Factory

Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer

A Tribe Called Quest - Rap Promoter

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Working For the MCA

The Clash - Magnificent Seven (Live)

The Minutemen - This Ain’t No Picnic

MDC - I Hate Work

Rancid - Harry Bridges

Sleater-Kinney - Price Tag

Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds

Love And Rockets - Dog End Of A Day Gone By

Ryan plays DJ for an hour of songs about work and labor.

The full list of songs played on this show:

Billy Bragg - There is Power in a Union

Among The Oak & Ash - Joseph Hillstrom (1879-1915)

Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It

Johnny Cash - Sixteen Tons (Live)

Bruce Springsteen - Factory

Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer

A Tribe Called Quest - Rap Promoter

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Working For the MCA

The Clash - Magnificent Seven (Live)

The Minutemen - This Ain’t No Picnic

MDC - I Hate Work

Rancid - Harry Bridges

Sleater-Kinney - Price Tag

Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds

Love And Rockets - Dog End Of A Day Gone By

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