Today in Labor History January 17, 1915: Wobbly (IWW) Ralph Chapin published the famous labor song, “Solidarity Forever.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsPOgCPEeKs
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Sabo-Tabby-Kitten
Performer: GETchan People's Choir and Orchestra
Composer: Daniel Decatur Emmett (tune taken from #Dixie - 1859)
Lyricist: #RalphChaplin
Year Written: 1910s
Image: Poster #GeneralStrike #EricDrooker.
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 #BlackMastadon
Red November, black November
Bleak November, black and red
Hallowed month of Labor's martyrs,
Labor's heroes, Labor's dead
Labor's hope and wrath and sorrow
Red the promise, black the threat
Who are we not to remember?
Who are we to forget?
black and red the colors blended
Black and red the pledge we made
Red until the fight is ended
Black until the debt is paid
Wesley Everest and Al Parsons
With Joe Hill and all the rest
Who are we not to remember?
Who are we to dare forget!
#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #ralphchaplin #union #joehill
Today in Labor History January 17, 1915: Wobbly (IWW) Ralph Chapin published the famous labor song, “Solidarity Forever.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsPOgCPEeKs
#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #ralphchaplin #folkmusic #solidarity #union
Today in Labor History December 1, 1914: The famous labor song, "Solidarity Forever," was written on this date by IWW songwriter Ralph Chaplin. He wrote the song for a hunger march to be led by Lucy Parsons in Chicago (on January 17, 1915).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsPOgCPEeKs
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #IWW #solidarity #FolkMusic #song #Music #UtahPhillips #RalphChaplin #LucyParsons
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