On Thursday's show, in the final interview slot of the night, we had the pleasure of speaking with teacher and advocate Jose Vilson, who delivered a stellar lesson on the teaching of history in America, and why the manufactured fear about "Critical Race Theory" is just the latest shameful attempt to politicize the education of our nation's children.

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Every Saturday night from 6-8pm Rick hits the airwaves in New York City to talk labor, workers rights, politics and take calls.

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On this day in labor history, the year was 1912.

That was the day striking worker, Anna LoPizzo was shot and killed by local police during the pivotal Bread and Roses strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

In what is considered one of the most important strikes in American labor history.

The Industrial Workers of the World had organized a strike that brought out more than 30,000 textile mill workers at the American Woolen Company.

Workers had been on strike for most of the month, picketing, marching, giving speeches and stopping scabs.

Their banners demanded a living wage and dignity: Bread and Roses.

That day, there were workers parades among pitched battles between strikers, police and scabs.

Gunfire erupted.

According to Big Bill Haywood, nineteen witnesses saw Police Officer Oscar Benoit shoot Anna LoPizzo.

But the shooting provided the mill owners with an opportunity to crack down on the strike.

Martial law was instituted and all public meetings and marches were banned.

The leading IWW strike organizers, John Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti were arrested for her murder, despite the fact that they were two miles away from the scene.

Though they were eventually acquitted, their imprisonment removed them from directing the day-to-day work of the strike.

But who was Anna LoPizzo?

According to Bruce Watson, author of Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream, “If America had a Tomb of the Unknown immigrant paying tribute to the millions of immigrants known only to God and distant cousins compiling family trees, Anna LoPizzo would be a prime candidate to lie in it.”

And indeed she was for 88 years until retired IBEW 2321 business manager, David Morris worked to get a headstone, decorated with the Bread and Roses symbol–grain stalks and a rose, for her pauper’s grave.

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In this podcast episode we take a deep look at Democratic messaging and the need to get more aggressive. David Yankovich, a veteran digital strategist talks about how Democrats can win in 2022 with a clear concise message. Tune in and find out what David has to say. Tell us what you think by emailing me [email protected]

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Sarah Burris of RawStory joins us to talk about recent stories, election news, and all kinds of madness coming out of DC.

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Reyna Walters-Morgan of the Democratic National Committee talks about GOP voter suppression, and the historic investments that the DNC has made to protect the right to vote and punch back against the corrupt forces looking to end free elections in America.

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On this day in labor history, the year was 1917.

That was the day Carmelita Torres led the Bath Riots at the El Paso/ Juarez border.

Mexican workers traveled daily across the Sante Fe Bridge from Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, Texas for work.

As a condition of entry, workers were required to strip naked and be sprayed with a toxic mixture of chemicals.

U.S. Health officials insisted they were stopping the spread of typhus through this type of delousing campaign.

They were just as motivated by racist typecasting of Mexicans as dirty.

David Dorado Romo, author of Ringside to a Revolution, tells the story of 17-year old Carmelita Torres.

Amid rumors that health workers secretly photographed and then distributed photos of the naked women as they were being sprayed, Carmelita crossed into El Paso everyday where she worked as a maid.

On this day, instead of stripping down, she refused fumigation and convinced the other women to demonstrate with her against this humiliating, daily procedure.

Within an hour, she and 200 other women had blocked all traffic coming into El Paso.

Newspaper reports claimed several thousand protesters by the end of the day.

The women marched to the disinfection camp, hoping to convince those undergoing “disinfection” to join them.

When health officials tried to disperse the crowd, they were met with rocks and bottles.

The women then laid down on the trolley car tracks to stop the delivery of more workers and wrestled with motormen for control of the cars.

The riots lasted for three days, but the spraying of Mexican workers with DDT and other toxic chemicals continued for more than 40 years.

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The Biden Boom is here, whether the mainstream media covers it or not. The right launches an all-out war on America’s teachers, and the DNC throws a punch in the fight for voting rights. That and more on tonight’s #RickShow. 

Our guests tonight are:

Reyna Walters-Morgan of The Democratic National Committee

Journalist Sarah Burris of RawStory 

Teacher and Author Jose Vilson 

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The Biden Boom is here, whether the mainstream media covers it or not. The right launches an all-out war on America’s teachers, and the DNC throws a punch in the fight for voting rights. That and more on tonight’s #RickShow. 

Our guests tonight are:

Reyna Walters-Morgan of The Democratic National Committee

Journalist Sarah Burris of RawStory 

Teacher and Author Jose Vilson 

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The Biden Boom is here, whether the mainstream media covers it or not. The right launches an all-out war on America’s teachers, and the DNC throws a punch in the fight for voting rights. That and more on tonight’s #RickShow. 

Our guests tonight are:

Reyna Walters-Morgan of The Democratic National Committee

Journalist Sarah Burris of RawStory 

Teacher and Author Jose Vilson 

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