Which Side Are You On -- Pete Seeger

In the mountains of Kentucky in 1931, the coal miners of Harlan County went on strike. Officers hired by the mining company roamed the countryside hunting for the union leaders. The independent coal miners fought back gallantly against the hired company deputies and blood was spilled on both sides. "Which Side Are You On," was written by Florence Reece, the wife of Sam Reece, a union leader who had escaped into the Kentucky mountains for safety. Class warfare continues in the United States and in most nations throughout the world. Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Millard Lampell of the Almanac Singers made this song famous in 1941. - Spadecaller

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[heartfire451]

To all the anti union retards out there I would simply say this. Do you honestly believe you would have gotten a better deal without unions? Unions have many problems and corruptions of course. Do you really feel Americans would have gotten a better deal without them? If you're that fucking ignorant then you are hopeless as well as worthless. I wish we didn't need unions, but thanks to the gross immorality and subhuman demeanor of many employers, we do need them and we need more of them.

[Tiyrful]

@TATERROLLER i protest with the union, but I'm not a Marxist, I'm a christian. also, socialism is a sign that society has progressed. everyone fending for themselves is no society at all. Do you leave people bleeding int he streets where you live?

[subg88]

Before unions, 12 year olds were working eighty hour weeks in slaughterhouses for pennies. Read your history!

[OldSkoolThrasher666]

great video, great song...80 years after this song was written we're back exactly where we started....karma catches up with everybody...and the 9 people who disliked are goldman sucks employees

[wswalcott1]

Yes all systems are corruptable, even unions but the rank and file must hold them accountable just as we must hold our elected officials accountable, as well as corporations. It is about being principled. I've negotiated contracts under USW, Teamsters, and AFSME. I've seen firsthand union officlas being in bed with the company at the expense of the worker, but we challenged our leadership throughout the process. Movements begin (ala OWS) when people get tired of the lies. I see OWS taking off!

[a1rh3add]

@wswalcott1 not the whole middle class, just the ones that are corrupt with power and have more control over others than they claim. I would be completely pro union if it worked as intended but when push comes to shove it often leaves the working class in the dust and caters to the selfish and greedy. I lover seeger and his many messages but people take advantage of the system too much. I do know alot about my history and that is why I believe every system is open to corruption.

[wswalcott1]

I am 57 and my dead has been dead for ten years. Oh, the company he worked for didn't tell the workers benzyne is a cancer carcinigen. I will kick your ass at 57 you twerp. Be brave and tell me what you do for a living. C'mon ..., I bet you sit behind a desk all day and goobersmooch your boss all day. You still pushing the robber baron Hooverite trickle down concept that has been proven a mirage for the last 50 years?

[prrolg]

@prrolg By the way, I take that as a threat. I do not deal with threats fairly. I do deal with them seriously and in any way imagined. So let's put a stop to this right now while it is just internet rhetoric. 

[prrolg]

@wswalcott1 Not without your buddies behind you. Not by yourself little boy.

[prrolg]

@wswalcott1 Are you sure of any of that? I'm willing to bet that I worked as hard as you dad on any given day in my non-union work. The difference is that I did it every day. You're union dad spent lots of days loafing and getting paid twice as much by the hour. Unless he got laid off to allow some bumb with seniority work for twice his pay.You're putting your dad up to fight for you? Did you ask him first? What the hell would you do if I finished with him?

[wswalcott1]

@a1rh3add You obviously don't know history and choose to blame the working and middle class for your woes and not the capitalist/fascists. I have your answer, "Organize, organize, organize" not for your own selfishness for economic justice for everyone. Wake up and smell the coffee.

[wswalcott1]

@mazarinepearl Amen and well said Taterroller.