Best Working History Podcasts (2024)

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19 October 1945: Chinese seamen deported 1:55

1h ago1:55

1:55

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WCL8: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 2 35:08

24m ago35:08

35:08

Part 2 of our three-part series about migrant worker poetry in China. We speak to Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Leiden University. Maghiel has travelled extensively in China, meeting with and writing about the work of Chinese migrant worker poets. In this episode, we look at the work of the Migrant Worker Home,…

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Organizing Faculty in Florida with Paul Ortiz 35:24

2d ago35:24

35:24

Dr. Paul Ortiz, a professor of labor history at Cornell’s ILR School, joins co-host Olivia Paschal to discuss the history of higher education labor organizing in Florida, the resurgence of right-wing and austerity politics in public universities, and Dr. Ortiz’s work in higher education labor organizing. Until last year, Dr. Ortiz was a professor o…

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18 October 1931: Braunschweig strike 1:07

4h ago1:07

1:07

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17 October 1950: Salt of the Earth strike 2:05

24m ago2:05

2:05

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16 October 1951: Spit and polish action 2:05

1d ago2:05

2:05

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15 October 1913: Indian miners protest indenture tax 2:36

2h ago2:36

2:36

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14 October 1976: One million strike in Canada 1:12

3h ago1:12

1:12

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13 October 1948: Ruppert brewery strike 1:48

18m ago1:48

1:48

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12 October 1919: Port Edgar mutiny 1:05

7d ago1:05

1:05

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11 October 1884: New Straitsville mine fire 1:46

3h ago1:46

1:46

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WCL7: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 1 45:33

27m ago45:33

45:33

First of the three-part series on migrant worker poetry in China. In these episodes, we speak to Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Leiden University. Maghiel has travelled extensively in China meeting with and writing about the work of Chinese migrant worker poets. In this episode, we discuss the concept of the 'mi…

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10 October 1947: West Africa railway strike 1:00

2h ago1:00

1:00

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9 October 1912: Little Falls textile strike 1:48

6h ago1:48

1:48

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8 October 1916: Standard Oil workers strike 1:00

1d ago1:00

1:00

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Samuel Bowles on his deep interest in the causes of inequality & his work to transform economics 36:55

2d ago36:55

36:55

Samuel Bowles, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts and Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute, discusses his deep-rooted interest in economic inequality and how his work has challenged many of the conventional assumptions of modern economic theory. Read a transcrip…

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7 October 1988: Montenegro mass strike 1:31

3d ago1:31

1:31

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6 October 1995: Boeing machinists strike 0:53

4d ago0:53

0:53

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5 October 2001: Malawi health workers strike 1:54

14d ago1:54

1:54

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4 October 1945: Navy breaks oil strike 1:05

6d ago1:05

1:05

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3 October 2019: Ecuador Indigenous protests 1:38

16d ago1:38

1:38

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2 October 1915: Morozov mill strike 0:58

17d ago0:58

0:58

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1 October 2012: Estonia health workers strike 1:22

18d ago1:22

1:22

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30 September 1919: Daily Sketch workers action 1:26

19d ago1:26

1:26

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29 September 1909: Missoula free-speech fight 1:28

20d ago1:28

1:28

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28 September 1991: Shankar Guha Niyogi assassinated 1:24

21d ago1:24

1:24

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27 September 1973: UFW wins strike 1:02

22d ago1:02

1:02

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26 September 1939: Ricky Tomlinson born 1:31

23d ago1:31

1:31

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25 September 2005: South Korea sex workers union 1:10

24d ago1:10

1:10

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E92: South Korea 1987, part 2 44:20

24d ago44:20

44:20

Second of a double podcast episode about the South Korean movements of 1987 which overthrew the US-backed military dictatorship and won big improvements for workers. In these episodes we speak with Kim Jin-sook and Hong Seung Ha about their experiences of the June Democratic Struggle, and the Great Workers’ Struggle which immediately followed it. O…

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The Present and Future of Southern Labor: The UAW’s Historic Win at Volkswagen 1:14:58

22d ago1:14:58

1:14:58

Earlier this year, workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted to join the UAW in a landslide. The Southern Labor Studies Association held our biannual meeting at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga last week, just as UAW Local 42 began negotiating its first contract. This panel, recorded live at the conference, is modera…

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24 September 1945: NYC elevator workers strike 1:17

25d ago1:17

1:17

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Marjorie McElroy on a long academic career and navigating the economics profession as a woman 25:15

16d ago25:15

25:15

Marjorie McElroy, Professor of Economics at Duke University, joins the podcast to discuss her long and varied academic career, her research on the economics of marriage and the family, and, especially, the challenges and gender discrimination she faced as, at the time, one of the few female economists pursuing a traditionally male-dominated profess…

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23 September 2017: Video game voice actors strike ends 1:10

26d ago1:10

1:10

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22 September 1912: Casa del Obrero Mundial founded 1:17

27d ago1:17

1:17

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21 September 1945: US coal supervisors strike 1:23

28d ago1:23

1:23

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20 September 1979: New Zealand general strike 1:14

29d ago1:14

1:14

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19 September 1795: Curaçao slave revolt crushed 1:17

30d ago1:17

1:17

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18 September 1809: Old price riots 1:31

1M ago1:31

1:31

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17 September 1941: Canada bans strikes 0:59

1M ago0:59

0:59

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16 September 1937: Kirkintilloch tragedy 1:56

1M ago1:56

1:56

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15 September 1978: Inco strike 1:11

1M ago1:11

1:11

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14 September 1889: Navassa miners' rebellion 1:52

1M ago1:52

1:52

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E91: South Korea 1987, part 1 38:55

1M ago38:55

38:55

First of a double podcast episode about the South Korean movements of 1987 which overthrew the US-backed military dictatorship and won big improvements for workers. In these episodes we speak with Kim Jin-sook and Hong Seung Ha about their experiences of the June Democratic Struggle, and the Great Workers’ Struggle which immediately followed it. Ou…

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