Solidarity Forever

By Roscoe Mathieu

The history and how-to of American labor, from 1619 to tomorrow's headlines. Starting with the Jamestown strike (as the White Lion landed), this podcast will cover American labor

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The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.

Solidarity Forever episodes:

September 17, 2024 Black Labor
In this episode, we look at strategies that enslaved Black labor employed before the Civil War.

CONTENT WARNING: abuse, slavery, violence, torture

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26min
May 27, 2024 Farwell, Hunt, and Shaw
Today we look at two landmark labor law cases argued and decided in a heady few weeks in the summer of 1842...and at the man, "no friend of labor," who made them happen.
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18min
May 14, 2024 The Ten-Hour Day
The ten-hour day, "six to six" with an hour for breakfast and an hour for supper, was the key fight of the late 1830s. Championed by the National Trades Union and the mill-girls of Lowell, the movement for a ten hour day would win some, and lose some, until it all came to a head in 1840.
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21min
April 29, 2024 There is Power in a Union
In our first How To episode, we're starting at the beginning, with labor theory 101. Who is your boss? What's capital? And how does the night shift who always forgets to put away the cleaning supplies fit into all this?

Find out here, how there is power in a union.

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20min
February 27, 2024 Lowell II
Every good sequel should be bigger, louder, and thrilling-er than the first one, right?
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22min
February 12, 2024 New Jersey Feelings
Why did Lowell girls get accused of having New Jersey feelings? Today, we find out!

(PROTIP: It's not New Jersey)

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36min
January 29, 2024 Regularly Discharged Forever
Lowell, Massachussetts, was the Google Campus of the 1800s. So what went wrong to cause all those pretty, loyal mill girls to strike?
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47min
January 16, 2024 Throwing a Working Man's Party
Labor action is effectively one of two things: political action, or direct action. This week, we learn about political action, in the courts through the landmark Pullis decision, and charting the rise and fall of the Working Man's Parties in the days of Andy Jackson.
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36min
January 01, 2024 The Exceptional Americans
What made American labor so unique, and American labor history so bloody? Today, we dive into what made the Americans exceptional.
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28min
November 20, 2023 Eight Dutch-men and Poles
The first American labor strike not even a decade after the beginning of American industry...and only a few months shy of the beginning of American slavery.
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32min

FAQs about Solidarity Forever:

How many episodes does Solidarity Forever have?

The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.