This week's labor history: Film critic Pat Aufderheide on “Salt of the Earth,” the blacklisted 1954 film now recognized as one of the greatest American films ever made; labor historian Joe McCartin on the human cost of the Erie Canal, and the Meany Labor Archives’ Ben Blake delves into the American Federation of Labor pamphlet collection.
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This week's music (and a bonus movie link):
JOAN BAEZ ~ Salt Of The Earth
https://youtu.be/oGR-3ogr3Rw
Erie Canal - Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/AmAsriSuzmE
Erie Canal Rap- MC LaLa
https://youtu.be/yef8efeQNXI
Check out the “Salt of the Earth” film here:
https://youtu.be/n3VPWmqaOb4