
Haymarket Originals is a new home for audio deep dives, by and for the left—brought to you by Haymarket Books. The second season of Haymarket Originals is HEAT THE GROUND UP: AN ORAL HISTORY OF STARBUCKS WORKERS UNITED What does it *feel like* to build worker power? Season two of Haymarket Originals is bringing you inside one of the most dynamic and inspiring organizing drives in the labor movemen... more
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 26 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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Welcome to Heat the Ground Up, an oral history of Starbucks Workers United. Together, we’ll follow one of the most important labor fights in a generation through the voices and perspectives of the workers who organized it from the ground up. In this ... more
What does it *feel like* to build worker power? Season two of Haymarket Originals is bringing you inside one of the most dynamic and inspiring organizing drives in the labor movement today. Heat The Ground Up is an oral history of Starbucks Workers U... more
This “coda" is our last episode in the mainline of this series on the meaning of the CIO, and here, the whole organizing committee gets together to discuss some of the larger themes and debates that an overview of this historical sequence can inspire... more
Episode 20 of Fragile Juggernaut takes us from 1950 to 1955—the end of the line for the CIO. At the beginning of the story, the expulsion of the left-led unions was a recent wound, and the Cold War liberalism of figures like Walter Reuther seemed lik... more
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Small editing error 50m mark of 9/17 coda episode—two voices speaking over each other—otherwise 100!
Knowing working class history can help us fight! We need more fantastic podcasts like this
Absolutely essential listen for modern organizers inside and outside of the labor movement.
While labor has learned from this history, so has management. In the show from Socialism 2024, Emma says that investment strikes are one managements strategy. As she suggests, this applies to the current UAW strike threat against Stellantis. You touch on management strategies as each struggle is depicted in the podcast. Could you have an episode that covers the continuity and innovations in the evolution of capitalist corporations’ strategies against the labor movement over the whole sweep of th... more
I disagree with some points but deeply appreciate the show. Especially impressed to hear Judy Stepan Norris as guest (whom I’ve met). Following the listener who corrected pronunciation of Reading PA, when I was in the UE (as shop worker and steward), the name Matles rhymed with hatless, not rattles. But we could have been wrong in assuming that.
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Focusing on the historical significance of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), this podcast unpacks the intricate dynamics of labor movements in the United States, particularly during the 1930s and 1940s. Through a mix of detailed discussions, analysis of key events, and insights from labor historians and activists, episodes explore the organization's rise, its internal challenges, and its impact on contemporary labor struggles. Topics often intermingle with modern labor issues, providing an engaging dialogue between past and present, and highlighting the ongoing relevance of labor activism today. This series is especially notable for its critical examinations of labor history through a leftist lens, making it a unique resource ... more
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