E52: The IWW in Canada
Working Class History
Working Class History
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🗓️ 18 June 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In the territory now known as Canada in the early 20th century, thousands of workers in logging camps, mines, docks, fields and railroads join the industrial workers of the World Union. |
| 0:10.0 | They organised themselves, fighting for better paying conditions, and trying to build a new, free and fair society in the shell of the old. |
| 0:17.0 | This is working class history. |
| 0:20.0 | Fellow workers pay attention to what of the old. This is working class history. |
| 0:28.8 | Fellow workers pay attention to what I'm going to mention for it is the clear contention of the workers of the world that we should all be ready, true-hearted, we're even steady, |
| 0:37.4 | to rally around the standard |
| 0:39.4 | when that red flag is unfurled. |
| 0:43.1 | Where the Fraser River flows, |
| 0:45.7 | each fellow worker knows, |
| 0:48.1 | they've bullied and oppressed us, |
| 0:50.4 | but still our union grows, |
| 0:52.7 | and we're gonna find away boys, total hours and better pay boys grows and we're gonna find away boys |
| 0:55.1 | total hours and better pay boys and we're gonna win the day boys |
| 0:59.8 | where the Fraser River flows |
| 1:05.0 | Hi and welcome back to the working class history podcast |
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| 1:32.7 | Today we're continuing our intermittent podcast series on the history of the Revolutionary Union, |
| 1:34.5 | the Industrial Works of the World, IWW or Wobbles. |
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