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Solidarity stands up to intimidation · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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the Trump administration tried to break Minnesotan solidarity and
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basic sense of decency by flooding our state with armed agents.
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They failed.
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Friday, July 3rd.
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Now they are trying to break us in the courtroom.
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They will fail again." The solidarity of ordinary Minnesotans, including members
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of this union, helped bring Operation Metro Surge to an end, and we will not
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be intimidated from standing up for truth, justice, and our neighbors."
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That's from the We Rise Fighting
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podcast on the Labor Radio Podcast network, laborradionetwork.org.
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In today's labor history, on this date in 1860, feminist and labor
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activist Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Her landmark study, Women in Economics, was radical.
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It called for the financial independence of women and urged
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a network of childcare centers.
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You can discover these stories where they happened.
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The online Labor Landmarks map is available at laborheritage.org.
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Today's labor quote is by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who said, "Only
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as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home do we become humanly
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developed, civilized, socialized."
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Support for the Labor Radio Podcast Daily comes from Union
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Plus, a non-profit organization founded by the AFL-CIO in 1986.
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More information at unionplus.org.
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This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast Network