Labor Culture

Intermationality Solidarity, One of five murals entitled The Worker in the New World Order Portable mural, 1993, ICEM by Mike Alewitz

Resist the Walls of Apartheid With
Murals Of International Solidarity


The labor movement isn't just unions and politics. The U.S. has a proud tradition of working class culture as well. Here are some sites well worth checking out.

The Labor Heritage Foundation has perhaps the most comprehensive list of labor culture resources, including the following categories:

Directory of Labor Artists and Musicians
Labor Media

Calendar of Labor Cultural Events

IIR Berkeley Study Guide on Labor Culture

    Honoring the Art of Solidarity

Here are some of our favorite sites:


TO FAN THE FLAMES OF DISCONTENT

Anne Feeney
Labor Beat

Labor Art and Mural Project

Carol Simpson cartoons

Huck-Konopacki Cartoons

Hard Miles Music
John McCutcheon

Michael Moore

Labor Songs

Adbusters

Northland Poster Collective
Radical Songsters Online

Peggy Seeger

Pete Seeger

Songs of Irish Labour

Union Art

Utah Phillips

Mark Ross

David Rovics

Ray Korona

Labor Folkies George Mann and Julius Margolin

Country Joe McDonald

 

Take a look at this new site:


New Book by Paul Buhle and Mike Alewitz
Foreword by Martin Sheen

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