#UtahPhillips — #anarchist, #IWW organizer, #folk singer, & raconteur — was born on #ThisDayInHistory in 1935. Phillips helped keep alive our radical #labour traditions in the US by touring ceaselessly and teaching songs of peace, freedom, and socialism.

https://zurl.co/GVNes

I’m not usually a fan of “of all time” characterization.

But this is one of the greatest anti-war albums of all time (yes, including the future).

#UtahPhillips

I’ve Got To Know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYlO5PD9Ut4&list=OLAK5uy_n8SlUUEXitDLrDYM8Vz498ikhToCKtWV8

Today in Labor History December 1, 1914: The famous labor song, "Solidarity Forever," was written on this date by IWW songwriter and cofounder Ralph Chaplin. He wrote the song for a hunger march to be led by Lucy Parsons in Chicago (on January 17, 1915). The song has been translated into many other languages, including French, German, Polish, Spanish, Swahili and Yiddish. And it is still commonly sung at union gatherings in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. The inspiration for the song came from the brutal 1912-1913 Paint Creek-Cabin Creek mining strike, in West Virginia, led by Mother Jones and others. Private cops and vigilantes murdered at least 50 miners and their family members during that strike. Impressed with the solidarity and resolve of the miners, Chaplin began work on the song.

You can enjoy a Utah Phillips cover of the song here: https://youtu.be/OsPOgCPEeKs

And read my biography of Lucy Parsons here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/lucy-parsons/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #solidarity #folkmusic #song #music #utahphillips #ralphchaplin #lucyparsons #motherjones #BlackMastodon

Dusty The Kid & Two Runner | “Nevada City Serenade”

https://goldcountry.tube/w/8DoBy5fTDPK5TRKqborMP7

I could make the world so much better if I just bought a "Utah Phillips" CD for every teenager...

We all need appropriate role models! ❤️

#UtahPhillips