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A Labor History Podcast - Because history isn't boring and work shouldn't suck! https://linktr.ee/bootbiterspod
In the first episode of 2026, Boot Biters, a #laborhistory #podcast, is diving into the wildcat #strike in 1973 that shook Germany, when predominantly Turkish guest workers at the Ford plant in Cologne stood up for their fired peers and protested unequal treatment. Listen wherever you get your pods!
January 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
In the first episode of 2026, Boot Biters, a #laborhistory #podcast, is diving into the wildcat #strike in 1973 that shook Germany, when predominantly Turkish guest workers at the Ford plant in Cologne stood up for their fired peers and protested unequal treatment. Listen wherever you get your pods!
In today's episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast, we're talking THE UPRISING OF THE 20,000! It was a super cool strike with a super metal name led by Jewish and Italian women shirtwaist workers that you can learn more about wherever you get your pods 😎 Stay cool, stay learnin'!
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In today's episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast, we're talking THE UPRISING OF THE 20,000! It was a super cool strike with a super metal name led by Jewish and Italian women shirtwaist workers that you can learn more about wherever you get your pods 😎 Stay cool, stay learnin'!
Another ep of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast is out and we’re talking the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike! This is another dramatic one, but an overwhelmingly successful strike led by mostly immigrants and women that brought change to mills across New England. Listen wherever you get your pods!
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Another ep of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast is out and we’re talking the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike! This is another dramatic one, but an overwhelmingly successful strike led by mostly immigrants and women that brought change to mills across New England. Listen wherever you get your pods!
We’re so back! Another episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast is out exploring the other half of the Pullman saga: the creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters! Listen wherever you get your pods 🚂
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We’re so back! Another episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast is out exploring the other half of the Pullman saga: the creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters! Listen wherever you get your pods 🚂
In today's ep. of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast, we've got the start of another two-parter unpacking the 1894 Pullman Strike. This one had everything: a creepy company town, a rich narcissist, and the federal gov sending in troops to squash protests. Listen wherever you get your pods!
October 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In today's ep. of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast, we've got the start of another two-parter unpacking the 1894 Pullman Strike. This one had everything: a creepy company town, a rich narcissist, and the federal gov sending in troops to squash protests. Listen wherever you get your pods!
What do you mean their vomit glowed in the dark??? 🤢 In the latest episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast, we cover the 1888 Matchwomen Strike when matchstick workers at Bryant and May went on strike after a retaliatory firing of a whistleblower. Listen wherever you get your pods!
September 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What do you mean their vomit glowed in the dark??? 🤢 In the latest episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast, we cover the 1888 Matchwomen Strike when matchstick workers at Bryant and May went on strike after a retaliatory firing of a whistleblower. Listen wherever you get your pods!
It's CHEWSDAY INNIT! That means a new episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast. Today we're covering the 1867 Chinese Labor Transcontinental Railroad Strike when Chinese workers on the Central Pacific Railroad stopped working after a brutal winter in the Sierra-Nevada and a tunnel accident
September 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's CHEWSDAY INNIT! That means a new episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast. Today we're covering the 1867 Chinese Labor Transcontinental Railroad Strike when Chinese workers on the Central Pacific Railroad stopped working after a brutal winter in the Sierra-Nevada and a tunnel accident
Listeners of the pod know I cry about everything, but reading the descendent interviews from The Stanford Chinese Railroad Workers Project about the workers that didn’t survive the building of the Transcontinental Railroad and the community that went to recover remains was incredibly moving
Chinese Railroad Workers in North America – Chinese Railroad Workers in North America
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September 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Listeners of the pod know I cry about everything, but reading the descendent interviews from The Stanford Chinese Railroad Workers Project about the workers that didn’t survive the building of the Transcontinental Railroad and the community that went to recover remains was incredibly moving
In the 2nd part of our series on #labor in apartheid #SouthAfrica, we deep dive into the 1973 Durban #Strikes when waves of factory and municipal workers walked out to demand better pay and prompted legal changes for worker organizing. Listen to Boot Biters wherever you get your #podcasts!
August 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In the 2nd part of our series on #labor in apartheid #SouthAfrica, we deep dive into the 1973 Durban #Strikes when waves of factory and municipal workers walked out to demand better pay and prompted legal changes for worker organizing. Listen to Boot Biters wherever you get your #podcasts!
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🚨ALERTA🚨 Zonas donde ha habido informes de policías/agentes federales parando a la gente y pidiendo documentación, especialmente a individuos en scooters/ciclomotores y confiscándolos
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- Calle 14 y Rhode Island NW
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- Calle 19 y M St NW
- Calle 14 y Rhode Island NW
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August 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🚨ALERTA🚨 Zonas donde ha habido informes de policías/agentes federales parando a la gente y pidiendo documentación, especialmente a individuos en scooters/ciclomotores y confiscándolos
- Calle 5 y K NW
- Calle 19 y M St NW
- Calle 14 y Rhode Island NW
- Calle 14, entre T y U NW
- Calle 14 y Irving NW
- Calle 5 y K NW
- Calle 19 y M St NW
- Calle 14 y Rhode Island NW
- Calle 14, entre T y U NW
- Calle 14 y Irving NW
Just sayin’ workers in food service, teachers, nurses, etc. get shit thrown at them all the time (shouldn’t be the case but)…I think y’all in your riot gear and tactical vests can handle a soggy Italian without throwing around felonies jfc 🙄 #justiceforsandwichman #thesandwichheardroundtheworld
August 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Just sayin’ workers in food service, teachers, nurses, etc. get shit thrown at them all the time (shouldn’t be the case but)…I think y’all in your riot gear and tactical vests can handle a soggy Italian without throwing around felonies jfc 🙄 #justiceforsandwichman #thesandwichheardroundtheworld
This makes me so sad 😭 the Smithsonian makes knowledge engaging and accessible. To think that displays and materials will be censored and sampled to push propaganda under the guise of “content corrections” when most Americans already don’t know enough of our history is terrifying
The effort is focused on bringing the organization in line with President Trump's cultural directives ahead of the country's 250th anniversary celebrations.
White House calls for a 'comprehensive review' of eight Smithsonian museums
The effort is focused on bringing the organization in line with President Trump's cultural directives ahead of the country's 250th anniversary celebrations.
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August 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This makes me so sad 😭 the Smithsonian makes knowledge engaging and accessible. To think that displays and materials will be censored and sampled to push propaganda under the guise of “content corrections” when most Americans already don’t know enough of our history is terrifying
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BREAKING: U.S. layoffs have surged to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
BREAKING: U.S. layoffs have surged to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As promised, part 1 of a two-parter exploring labor in apartheid South Africa is here! This ep gives some much needed context, and in the next one we'll look at how labor organizing contributed to the wider struggle for liberation, esp. the 1973 Durban Strikes! Listen wherever you get your pods 💜
15. Labor in Apartheid South Africa - Pt 1 | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In this first part of a two-part episode series talking about the 1973 Durban Strikes, we set some contextual background and learn how labor issues played a major role in fueling apartheid. In this ep...
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August 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
As promised, part 1 of a two-parter exploring labor in apartheid South Africa is here! This ep gives some much needed context, and in the next one we'll look at how labor organizing contributed to the wider struggle for liberation, esp. the 1973 Durban Strikes! Listen wherever you get your pods 💜
What up nerds! Quick update: the next ep of Boot Biters looking at the 1973 Durban Strikes and labor in general during apartheid is taking a little longer and is prob going to end up as another 2 parter just given the scope. I don't ever want to half ass these, so thank y'all for bearing with me! 💜
August 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What up nerds! Quick update: the next ep of Boot Biters looking at the 1973 Durban Strikes and labor in general during apartheid is taking a little longer and is prob going to end up as another 2 parter just given the scope. I don't ever want to half ass these, so thank y'all for bearing with me! 💜
It’s a break week on Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast, but we’re cooking up some awesome future episodes! It’s the best problem to have, but the list of strikes and uprisings that I want to cover just keeps growing. Truly there’s enough to talk about until the heat death of the universe
a boy is riding on the back of a white dog with the words " it 's a never ending story " on the bottom
Alt: boy riding on the back of a white dragon with the words "it’s a never ending story" on top
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July 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It’s a break week on Boot Biters - A Labor History Podcast, but we’re cooking up some awesome future episodes! It’s the best problem to have, but the list of strikes and uprisings that I want to cover just keeps growing. Truly there’s enough to talk about until the heat death of the universe
Being in the early days of a podcast can feel isolating at times, but it's lowkey kind of funny too. This is definitely the vibe whenever a new episode comes out 💀 #podcast #laborhistory #workersrights #callingtothevoid
a man in a suit and hat is sitting on top of a rock .
Alt: A yodeler on top of a mountain says Yodel-Hey!
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July 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Being in the early days of a podcast can feel isolating at times, but it's lowkey kind of funny too. This is definitely the vibe whenever a new episode comes out 💀 #podcast #laborhistory #workersrights #callingtothevoid
Nothing can break us, no one can make us give our rights awaaay! Arise and seize the daaaay! Today we're talking the iconic movie #Newsies and I go off on a rant that they should have included Hearst as a villain too: rss.com/podcasts/boo... #strike #popculture #laborhistory #workersrights
Pop Labor 02. Newsies | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Ey, it's the bulls! Cheese it! After discussing the real-life historical events of the 1899 Newsboys Strike, it's time to talk about the 1992 movie Newsies! What a movie for Disney to put out! We talk...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Nothing can break us, no one can make us give our rights awaaay! Arise and seize the daaaay! Today we're talking the iconic movie #Newsies and I go off on a rant that they should have included Hearst as a villain too: rss.com/podcasts/boo... #strike #popculture #laborhistory #workersrights
Job boards that require you to pay to view full details of openings are a scourge on this earth. What a wild thing to require job seekers to pay to find work. This is the bad place lol
July 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Job boards that require you to pay to view full details of openings are a scourge on this earth. What a wild thing to require job seekers to pay to find work. This is the bad place lol
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! It's the 1899 Newsboys #Strike in today's episode of Boot Biters and we're learning about the real-life historical events that inspired the movie and broadway play Newsies. Listen wherever you get your papes: rss.com/podcasts/boo... #newsies #podcast #labor #history
14. Extra! Extra! 1899 Newsboys Strike | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Soak 'em boys! Today we're discussing the real-life historical events that inspired the 1992 Disney movie Newsies and its later broadway adaptation: it's the 1899 Newsboys Strike! This strike has ever...
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July 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In today's episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History #Podcast, we talk about the iconic, five-year long Delano Grape #Strike and #Boycott. Listen wherever you get your pods: rss.com/podcasts/boo...
July 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In today's episode of Boot Biters - A Labor History #Podcast, we talk about the iconic, five-year long Delano Grape #Strike and #Boycott. Listen wherever you get your pods: rss.com/podcasts/boo...
Vamos, vamos campesinos los derechos a pelear
Con el corazón en alto y con fe en la unidad
Que la fuerza de los pobres como las olas del mar
La injusticia va a inundar!
Con el corazón en alto y con fe en la unidad
Que la fuerza de los pobres como las olas del mar
La injusticia va a inundar!
July 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Vamos, vamos campesinos los derechos a pelear
Con el corazón en alto y con fe en la unidad
Que la fuerza de los pobres como las olas del mar
La injusticia va a inundar!
Con el corazón en alto y con fe en la unidad
Que la fuerza de los pobres como las olas del mar
La injusticia va a inundar!
As promised, the coolest strike photo I've seen yet, from the 1973 Arab Auto Worker Strike. I mean...bellbottoms, Lord Farquad/berries and cream lad haircuts, and shades? 😎Hoping the guy with his stomach out doesn't get cut out of frame hehe. Photo cred: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/au...
June 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
As promised, the coolest strike photo I've seen yet, from the 1973 Arab Auto Worker Strike. I mean...bellbottoms, Lord Farquad/berries and cream lad haircuts, and shades? 😎Hoping the guy with his stomach out doesn't get cut out of frame hehe. Photo cred: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/au...
Today we're talking about the 1973 Arab Auto Workers Strike for Palestine, when Arab workers at a Chrysler Dodge plant in Michigan went on strike to demand their union divest its investments from Israel. Listen wherever you get your pods and Free Palestine:
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12. 1973 Arab Auto Workers Strike for Palestine | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In this episode we learn about the Arab American Auto Workers in Detroit who went on strike in 1973 to demand their union divest from its investments in Israel. We talk about their wins and losses, Bl...
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June 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Today we're talking about the 1973 Arab Auto Workers Strike for Palestine, when Arab workers at a Chrysler Dodge plant in Michigan went on strike to demand their union divest its investments from Israel. Listen wherever you get your pods and Free Palestine:
rss.com/podcasts/boo...
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This is oligarchy. This is obscene.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is oligarchy. This is obscene.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.