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The first episode of Organize the Unorganized sets the stage for the story of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, first getting into the history of the organization from which it broke off, the American Federation of Labor, and then describing three developments that raised workers’ expectations in the lead-up to the founding of the CIO: the broken promises of welfare capitalism, the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the mass strikes of 1934.

Interviewees, in order of appearance: Ruth Milkman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center; Robert Cherny, Professor Emeritus of History at San Francisco State University; Ahmed White, Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law at the University of Colorado-Boulder; Dorothy Sue Cobble, Distinguished Professor Emerita of History and Labor Studies at Rutgers University; Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History at UC-Santa Barbara; Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University; Bryan Palmer, Professor Emeritus of History at Trent University; Steve Fraser, Labor Historian; David Brody, Professor Emeritus of History at UC-Davis; Erik Loomis, Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island; Jeremy Brecher, Labor Historian

Songs, in order of appearance: Aunt Molly Jackson, “CIO Union Song,” https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1352 (7:28); Joe and Esther Zane Gelders, “The Ballad of John Catchings,” https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/197 (23:50); John Greenway, “The Ballad of Bloody Thursday,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWafvcwXCtc (32:08)

Clips, in order of appearance: John L. Lewis speech, from Mike Wallace’s Biography, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fwAr3_oHKg&t=384s (0:00); AFL vs. CIO split in 1935, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IsJZAknuIQ (11:51); David Dubinsky speech, from “ILGWU. David Dubinsky Audio-visual Recordings: Collection Number: 5780/002 AV,” Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Box 2, Folder 10, “David Dubinsky—United Auto Worker Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, regarding racketeering” (18:49); “1934 United States Labor Disputes and Strikes newsreel archival footage,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIaLk-LKlqI (25:33); “San Francisco General Strike, 1934 - Part 2,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaccCzN7WLc (29:45); “Farrell Dobbs Speaks! Teamster Battles of the 1930s: Part 1,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLr45LwsqGI&t=1462s (41:46)

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Organize the Unorganized

Episode 1: Under the Blue Eagle

While economics textbooks are weak on causes of the Great Depression, American history texts are even worse. It's time for some truth telling.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

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History vs Economics: Explaining the Causes of the Great Depression

Hop a freight train with two hobos, a little girl, and her best friend who lives in a coffee can. Featuring Bill Pullman and Susan Ruttan.

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Episode 5 - Communist Women In the Great Depression

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The Great Depression was one of the greatest crises in capitalism's history, throwing millions out of work and pushing them to the brink of starvation. Women workers bore the brunt of this, being the first to be fired in nearly every workplace. But women workers fought back, organizing massive strikes, marches, and demonstrations against both their atrocious working conditions and the inadequate relief from the government. A new organization emerged in this period to take up the lead in the struggle for social equality: the Communist Party. 

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Few economists—even the free-market advocates—understand what caused the Great Depression. No, the Fed didn’t cause the Depression by failing to inflate the currency. Instead, it was the Fed’s inflation that led to the disastrous early events.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

Getting the Great Depression (Almost) Right -- And Totally Wrong | Joshua Mawhorter

The United States survived the first Great Depression, although it permanently changed the role of government. Will excessive government spending and money creation lead to Great Depression II?

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

The Great Depression and Great Depression II: Similarities, Differences

Contrary to Milton Friedman’s thesis that the decline in the money supply caused the Great Depression, the real reason was the collapse of real savings, which was due to loose monetary policies by the Federal Reserve.

Narrated by Millian Quinteros.

The Collapse of Real Savings Caused the Great Depression | Frank Shostak

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"Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?" is a song about the Great Depression in 1929 and asks why the men who built the nation; the men who built the railroads and skyscrapers, who fought in the World War I and who did what their nation asked of them should find themselves abandoned and in bread lines now that the work is done and their labour is no longer necessary. The song was written in 1931 by lyricist E. Y. "Yip" Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, and appeared as part of the 1932 musical "New Americana". I learned the song from an early Peter, Paul & Mary album, "See What Tomorrow Brings"

Buddy Can You Spare a Dime (Jay Gorney & Yip Harburg cover)

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At around the 10 minute mark, feel free to skip to 37 minutes if you wanna cut some excess financial history lessons and stick to the point about Klarna (I have a tendency to ramble, sorry.)
TL;DR (or DL), Klarna is bad but it serves a need. More importantly, it's a harbinger of the financial crisis people are currently facing and an even bigger one on the horizon. For anyone who is a Xennial, older Millennial, Gen X'r or Boomer, you might remember the word "layaway." Yup, this is the same thing and that's totally bad and listen to the pod to find out why! Yay!

Klarna is the harbinger of doom

The CEO of Klarna went on to publicly defend his decision to partner with DoorDash, Uber, and Uber Eats using the "buy now, pay later", 4 installment payment system. Not only is this bad, unethical, and financially irresponsible... it's also a sign that we're living in some very hard times. And it's an indicator that the health of the economy is in bad shape. Please boycott Klarna.

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The New Depression Is Upon Us

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Today, the news will be talking about how the world economic bedrock has been shaken and how one man has decided to change fortunes instantly. His evil has infected every single country in the world, and it’s depressing.

Prices on everything are rising, and income isn’t, groceries are going up at least 4% more, and it’s depressing.

Social Security hangs in the balance. State medical assistance, and it’s depressing.

There’s already signs another great Depression is rising…but I would say, if you go by the mood of the country, for more than a few people, the great Depression is already here.

And yet this last weekend thousands marched. Were they heard? Did it matter? Well, if it made them feel better, than part of that answer already is yes. Because right now we need something to make us feel better.

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The New Depression Is Upon Us

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This week on TrendsTalk, ITR Economist Taylor St. Germain discusses the key drivers to our 2030s Great Depression forecast and highlights the political difficulties in implementing measures to mitigate the economic downturn. Tune in to make sure your business is ready to take on these impending economic challenges!

Key Drivers to Our 2030s Great Depression Forecast

One of my high school vocaloid song projects inspired by "Of Mice and Men" and centered around the Great Depression

The American Dream (Ft. DEX, Eleanor Fore and Lucy)

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This week on TrendsTalk, we explore how the recently signed One Big Beautiful Bill relates to our 2030s Great Depression forecast. How will the record-setting government spending of today shape your business strategy for the next decade? Tune in to find out!

Economic Implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with week with special guest Síomha McQuinn, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This week, Charlie Chaplin's City Lights.

In a city, a tramp has a series of unlikely encounters with an eccentric millionaire and a blind flower girl that set in motion a series of bizarre and unlikely adventures.

At time of recording, it was ranked 54th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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433. City Lights (#54)

This week on TrendsTalk, ITR Economist Taylor St. Germain revisits ITR Economics’ long-standing forecast of a 2030s depression and outlines how businesses can prepare today. Taylor reveals which U.S. states are best positioned for success and which face greater risk based on ten key economic and demographic factors. Learn where your organization may find opportunity as the next decade approaches.

The Safest States for Business Growth During the 2030s Depression

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A podcast about the history, strategy, and significance of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from the Center for Work & Democracy at Arizona State University and Jacobin Magazine. All clip, song, and quote references, as well as links to individual interview transcripts, at soundcloud.com/organizetheunorganized.

Interview with Jeremy Brecher: https://jacobin.com/2024/01/organize-the-unorganized-congress-of-industrial-organizations-labor-history-unions

Interview with David Brody: https://jacobin.com/2024/07/cio-afl-industrial-unions-history/

Interview with Robert Cherny: https://jacobin.com/2024/01/west-coast-class-struggle-history

Interview with Dorothy Sue Cobble: https://jacobin.com/2024/03/cio-labor-movement-afl-cobble

Interview with Lizabeth Cohen: https://jacobin.com/2024/01/congress-of-industrial-organizations-history-worker-organizing-unity-great-depression

Interview with Peter Cole: https://jacobin.com/2024/08/ilwu-racism-dockworkers-san-francisco

Interview with Melvyn Dubofsky: https://jacobin.com/2023/12/cio-committee-industrial-organization-mass-production-workers-us-labor-movement-afl

Interview with Steve Fraser: https://jacobin.com/2024/01/cio-history-working-class-organizing-new-deal

Interview with Rick Halpern: https://jacobin.com/2024/06/packinghouse-workers-organizing-committee-upwa-cio-history/

Interview with Nelson Lichtenstein: https://jacobin.com/2024/09/cio-worker-organizing-labor-history

Interview with Erik Loomis: https://jacobin.com/2024/03/cio-sit-down-strikes-roosevelt-communists

Interview with Ruth Milkman: https://jacobin.com/2024/08/unions-afl-cio-democracy-leadership

Interview with Daniel Nelson: https://jacobin.com/2024/01/akron-rubber-workers-union-sit-down-strike-cio

Interview with Bryan Palmer: https://jacobin.com/2024/01/1934-minneapolis-truckers-strike-cio-left-organizing

Interview with Lisa Phillips: https://jacobin.com/2024/04/cio-union-density-mccarthyism-racism

Interview with Ahmed White: https://jacobin.com/2024/04/cio-little-steel-strike-swoc

Interview with James Young: https://jacobin.com/2024/05/united-electrical-workers-ue-union-cio-communists

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Hetty Binns was a part of very beginning of the Launceston folk scene in the mid-1960s, and performed at Tasmanian folk clubs and festivals as a solo artist, or as half of a duo, or a member of Shoestring Ban through until 1989. Initially self-taught, Hetty started classical vocal training in 1994, attaining her AMEB Associate in 2002. In 2000 she joined the Launceston chamber music group, Kepler Ensemble with whom she continues to perform songs and arias from the late Renaissance through to the 20th century in English, Italian, German and French.

In recent years Hetty rekindled her love of folk singing, performing in workshops at the Tamar Valley Folk Festival since 2013. At the 2019 TVFF, Hetty presented a themed concert “Songbirds of the 60s and 70s”, celebrating songs written by and/or performed by a number of female folk artists of the 1960s and 1970s, such as Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell and Buffy St Marie. Hetty’s themed concert at the 2020 TVFF was a presentation of songs telling of different aspects of love – including romantic love, lost love, parental love, love of the bottle etc.

The CD"Love and Other Stories" is the fulfilment of a long-held desire to record some of my favourite songs, several of which I have been performing for over 50 years. They are a mix of traditional and more recent songs written and/or recorded by artists I admire and who have had an influence on me over the years.

The Kepler Ensemble album "Spheres" was recorded in 2008, and only the tracks on which I sang are included here.

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