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WPFW; Where Democracy Now! began · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  I just wanna say what a joy it is to be here, uh, at AFI Silver, to be here in
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  Washington, DC, to be here with- ... Katia Stitt and Verna Avery-Brown, uh, the
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  two stalwarts at WPFW, uh, which was the first station of Democracy Now!
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Thursday, May 7th.
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  We did the first show February 19th, 1996, in the studios of WPFW when it
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  was on Champlain, which was amazing.
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  That, of course, is Amy Goodman, and on today's Labor Heritage Power Hour, we'll
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  be featuring clips of her Q&A after last weekend's screenings of the new film
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  about her, Steal This Story Please, which is now in theaters across the country.
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  On today's Labor Arts Calendar, the Labor Heritage Power Hour airs at
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  one o'clock American Dream screens at four fifteen, and No Other Choice
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  screens at six thirty, both at the AFI in Silver Spring, Maryland,
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  as part of the DC Labor Film Fest.
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  Details and the latest labor arts news and events are available at laborheritage.org,
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  In today's labor history, on this date in 1867, the Knights of St. Crispin Union was
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  formed at a secret meeting in Milwaukee.
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  today's labor quote is by Mary Harris Mother Jones, who said, "My address is
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  like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong."
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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.