“Solidarity Forever” was written by Ralph Chaplin in 1915. It is perhaps the second most famous union anthem after “The Internationale”. Since the 1970s women have added verses to “Solidarity Forever” to reflect their concerns as union members. One popular set of stanzas is: We’re the women of the union and we sure know how to fight. We’ll fight for women’s issues and we’ll fight for women’s rights. A woman’s work is never done from morning until night. Women make the union strong! (Chorus) It is we who wash dishes, scrub the floors and clean the dirt, Feed the kids and send them off to school – and then we go to work, Where we work for half men’s wages for a boss who likes to flirt. But the union makes us strong! (Chorus) A variation from Canada goes as follows: Were the women of the union in the forefront of the fight, We fight for womens issues, we fight for womens rights, Were prepared to fight for freedom, were prepared to stand our ground, Women make the union strong. (Chorus) Through our sisters and our brothers, we can make our union strong, For respect and equal value we have done without too long, We no longer have to tolerate injustices and wrongs, For the union makes us strong. (Chorus) When racism in all of us is finally out and gone, Then the union movement will be twice as powerful and strong, for equality for everyone will move the cause along, for the union makes us strong. (Chorus) The centennial edition of the Little Red Songbook includes these two new …
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Show # 136. Divorce 101, Early Do’s and Dont’s. Host: Tony Nazzaro, Maria Rauch Pres. father’s Rights Dutchess Count, Stephen Metzger, Efrain Rodriguez – Pres. Father’s Rights Assoc. NYS.

Used with AQA Examboard – Yr 12 AS Level. Prosperity in the 1920s. 1) Rhapsody in Blue — one of the most famous jazz compositions of all time by George Gershwin 2) The Chrysler Building — Empire State Building 3) Charlie Chaplin — most famous comedian ever 4) Ford T Model — began to be built in 1920s as a ‘people’s car’ 5) Baird’s TV — Baird creates both the first working B+W and colour duing this decade 6) All Quiet on the Western Front — a famous book and movie during this time 7) Weimar Germany — outside America Germany is in crisis after WW1 8) Greta Garbo — One of the most iconic actresses of the era who moved from silent to talkies. 9) Babe Ruth — famous baseball player. Baceball is a national obsession. 10) Bessie Smith — the Empress of Blues 11) Birdseye Frozen meals — Birdseye pioneer frozen ready meals 12) Charles Lindbergh — solo non-stop flight over the atlantic 13) Lights of New York — Talkies 14) Al Capone — mafia crime don 15) Einstein — Theory of Relativity 16) Women’s suffrage — women were fighting for the right to vote during the 20s 17) Flappers — as a way of getting back at the victorian ideals, women were liberated through shorter hemlines, loose fitting clothes, smoking, make-up and shorter hair. 18) The Great Gatsby — famous book written at the time about social problems in America 19) Harlem Renaissance — a cultural movement that began in Harlem in New York focusing on black culture and writers. 20) Houdini — most famous escape …