Music of the Left

Celebrating leftist music of all genres, geography, issues, & eras. #IWW #1U #Solidarity

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

There will always be people fighting for what's right. Be one. https://t.co/5vGjy8pm4h #Inauguration #WomensMarchOnWashington #WomensMarch

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

How East German punks helped destroy the Berlin Wall https://t.co/ihKLm9Bjb6

[Radiolab @Radiolab]

The new #MorePerfect album features an original track by @DollyParton about the 19th Amendment and women's right to vote. Check out the music video by @shadows_film: https://t.co/xICP3kVdzr

[Smithsonian Folkways @Folkways]

In this lesson, intended for high schools and universities, students will learn about the music of the New Song movement by engaging with the melodies, rhythms, and lyrics of four selections from the Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America album.
https://t.co/Oslshdp55F

[Tom Waits (ANTI-) @tomwaits]

Listen to Tom Waits sing on @marcribotmusic's interpretation of the Italian folk song "Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)" now at Pitchfork. https://t.co/vn2jtiRMZc

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

Happy #LaborDay! Don't be afraid to stand up to your boss—especially if your boss is a "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" who mistreats employees like in @DollyParton's "9 to 5." https://t.co/cLJDP3GJtG #1u

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

Labor Historian Erik Loomis has a great thread on the fire at the chicken processing plant in Hamlet, NC on September 3, 1991: https://t.co/yjQxAGnYwq

[Erik Loomis @ErikLoomis]

This Day in Labor History: September 3, 1991. The Hamlet chicken plant in Hamlet, NC burns, killing 25 workers. Let's spend Labor Day talking about employers don't care if you live or die.

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

In the early 1990s, management at a chicken processing plant in Hamlet, NC kept doors locked b/c they cared more about profit than safety. Fire broke out on September 3, 1991 & 25 workers died. Mojo Nixon & Jello Biafra wrote a song about it: https://t.co/M18MfHbvOH #LaborDay #1u

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

The #BattleofBlairMountain was the largest #Labor uprising in US history & ended on September 2, 1921. ~10k miners had confronted 3k lawmen & strikebreakers. Then bombs were dropped on the miners from planes. https://t.co/JXomvK8uim is @drovics on the battle. #UnionStrong #1u

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

"You can jail revolutionaries, but you can't jail the revolution." Deputy Chairman of the #BlackPantherParty Fred Hampton was born on August 30, 1948. @ThieveryCorpDC's "Retaliation Suite" samples a #FredHampton speech: https://t.co/NtNKHh1DbN #PrisonStrike

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

Karl Marx was born 200 years ago on May 5, 1818. Celebrate the birthday of #KarlMarx by listening to the 3 PhD economists of Red Shadow perform "Understanding #Marx." https://t.co/YV9fMDugrt #Marx200 #Marx2018

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

4 were killed & 9 injured on May 4, 1970 as 28 guardsmen fired ~67 rounds into a crowd of student protesters. @Neilyoung wrote "Ohio" in response to the #KentStateShootings & it was recorded 17 days later by @thedavidcrosby, Stills, @TheGrahamNash & Young. https://t.co/TxPzu7JcXP

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

#PeteSeeger helped preserve & spread songs including labor anthems. Pete Seeger first recorded Florence Reece's "Which Side Are You On" in 1941 with Woody Guthrie & the Almanac Singers just 10 years after it was written. https://t.co/hI1KzQ2H8R

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

Folk singer, songwriter, educator, & activist #PeteSeeger was born on May 3, 1919. Pete Seeger was among the first singers to promote "We Shall Overcome" as a #CivilRights anthem. https://t.co/Y4Xy3MOjlU

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

The CO National Guard & company guards attacked a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners & their families on April 20, 1914 during the Ludlow Massacre. Tents were burned to the ground & 19-25 died. https://t.co/EK3HlpBegS #LudlowMassacre #1u #WoodyGuthrie

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Paul Robeson sings 'Zog Nit Keyn Mol,' the anthem of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising which began 75 years ago today.

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

#PeteSeeger recorded a haunting cover of "Which Side Are You On" by #FlorenceReece: https://t.co/dO0esmV0EP #1u #strike #Union #UnionProud #UnionStrong #RedForEd

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

Activist, poet, songwriter, & friend to coal miners Florence Reece was born on April 12, 1900. #FlorenceReece wrote "Which Side Are You On" during the #HarlanCountyWar in 1931. https://t.co/psd2fWYlV3 #1u #strike #Union #UnionProud #UnionStrong #RedForEd

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

#PublicEnemy's "Fear of a Black Planet" included a different version of "Fight the Power" than the single used the previous year in @SpikeLee's "Do the Right Thing." https://t.co/J8QvPsDr36

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

"I've been wonderin' why
People livin' in fear
Of my shade
(Or my high-top fade)
...
Treat me like I have a gun
All I got is genes & chromosomes."
#PublicEnemy's "Fear of a Black Planet" was released on April 10, 1990. https://t.co/iHnXCLQsrp

[Music of the Left @MusicOfTheLeft]

#CivilRights activist & co-founder of @UFWupdates @DoloresHuerta was born on April 10, 1930. #SiSePuede https://t.co/KiH5aFnpXO