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Together We Rise · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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  and we're not doing it alone.
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  We're doing it together.
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  This is the Labor Radio Podcast daily for Monday, April 6th.
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  And people might ask, well why then?
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  What will it do?
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  You know, that's not enough to stop a fascist and you
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  can get no argument from me.
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  But it's a question of how do we get ourselves ready for
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  what might be asked of us?
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  That's from Labor Express Radio on the Labor Radio Podcast network.
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  Labor radio network.org.
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  Today's Labor Arts calendar and the latest labor arts News and events
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  are available@laborheritage.org,
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  Ian, today's labor history on this date in 1882, rose Schneiderman was born.
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  Rose was a prominent member of the New York Women's Trade Union League, an active
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  participant in the uprising of 20,000, the massive strike of shirt waste workers in
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  New York City, led by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in 1909.
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  Rose is famous for an angry speech about the 1911 triangle shirt, waist factory
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  fire, which is today's labor quote.
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  Every week, I must learn of the untimely death of one of my sister workers.
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  Too much blood has been spilled.
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  I know from my experience, it is up to the working people to save themselves.
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  The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working class movement.
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  Support for the Labor Radio Podcast daily comes from Union
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  plus a nonprofit organization founded by the A-F-L-C-I-O in 1986.
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  More information@unionplus.org.
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  This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast network.