Today in Labor History August 23, 1900: Folk and protest singer Malvina Reynolds was born in San Francisco, California. She is most famous for her song, "Little Boxes," a satire on suburbia, inspired by the tacky sprawl of housing in Daly City, just outside of San Francisco. And used as the theme music for the TV series “Weeds.” As a teen, the city’s elite Lowell High School refused to give her a diploma because her parents opposed US participation in World War I.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX4HKfG77kc

#workingclass #LaborHistory #folkmusic #malvinareynolds #sanfrancisco #littleboxes #suburbia

"Somebody else's measuring scale
Of win or lose doesn't tell the tale
So, I don't mind failing in this world"
#malvinareynolds

https://open.spotify.com/track/3vk6gRPAewA1yJHpPhKWmx?si=NXEkROZjQKSEPJj80lDIFg

In March I try to surf #IWD all month long and focus my #StupidAccordionTricks on kick-ass women songwriters, so here's #MalvinaReynolds' 1964 protest song #ItIsntNice, a tune whose time has come again.

https://youtu.be/iYtVNFBnOUc

THEME: STOP PLAYING NICE WITH REPUBLICANS
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For those who purpose to stop playing nice with Republicans, this message from The Movement, 1965, could be your theme song. Please give it a listen and see what you think. On March 14, it is said we have an opportunity to sing this now-once-again song to the Village Idiot of the United States (VIOTUS).

It Isn't Nice
Judy Collins [interpretation of the Malvina Reynolds song]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTUdF1WVACk

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#14thnow #1965 #democrats #donaldtrump #itisntnice #judycollins #malvinareynolds #march14 #music #nowdc #singersongwriter #themovement #trump #uspol #uspol2025 #uspolitics #uspolitics2025 #villageidiotoftheunitedstates #villageidiottrump #viotus

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#MalvinaReynolds of the #US was born on #ThisDayInHistory in 1900.

https://youtu.be/LX4HKfG77kc
https://youtu.be/jysuQ4HQpSc
https://youtu.be/xy6aeITxEio
https://youtu.be/bhXhoeU5_qw
#LunchtimeListens #WorldMusic

Today in Labor History August 23, 1900: Folk and protest singer Malvina Reynolds was born in San Francisco, California. She is most famous for her song, "Little Boxes," a satire on suburbia, inspired by the tacky sprawl of housing in Daly City, just outside of San Francisco. And used as the theme music for the TV series “Weeds.” As a teen, the city’s elite Lowell High School refused to give her a diploma because her parents opposed US participation in World War I.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX4HKfG77kc

#workingclass #LaborHistory #folkmusic #malvinareynolds #sanfrancisco #littleboxes #suburbia