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Ani Difranco's updated lyrics to Florence Reece's 1931 labor ballad, composed in the midst of a bloody Harlan County coal miners' organizing drive. Happy May Day!
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The Union Makes Us Strong takes us back, and that's not at all a bad thing. There's a purity of sound here that is moving, along with a professionalism and delivers the goods. "The Union Makes Us Strong by Peter K. Siegel and Eli Smith is a wonderful collection of old favorites, enlivened by some fancy banjo, fiddle and mandolin work and by the sweet harmony of the two singers, " writes labor historian Paul Buhle.
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