Mon, 5 September 2016
On this year's Labor Day special, some speeches featured before and some that haven't. Here's the rundown: Studs Terkel compilation on the relevance of Labor Day. Excerpt from John Lewis' "Democracy In Steel" from July 1936 Frances Perkins on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Eugene Debs, "Winning a World." Eugene Debs, as performed by Mark Ruffalo. Eugene Debs, from "The Crimes of Carnegie." (Read by a Librivox volunteer) Harry Truman upon vetoing Taft-Hartley. |