“We Are Union, Hallelujah!”: Laborpalooza and More

This week on the Labor Heritage Power Hour, we bring you live music, radical art, and labor history from across time and place.
First, we take you to McGinty’s Public House in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, for Laborpalooza—the high-energy Saturday night concert June 21 at the 2025 Great Labor Arts Exchange. From contest-winning songs and poems to fiery hip hop, choral harmonies, and satirical anthems, this episode captures the spirit of a movement that sings, rhymes, and dances for justice.
Then, we return to part two of artist and printmaker Eric Ruin’s deep and honest conversation with Tabitha Arnold. Eric reflects on the challenges and contradictions of living as a mid-career artist—balancing ambition, solidarity work, and creative survival in a system that rarely values art for its own sake.
Finally, in Labor History in Two, we remember Ella Reeve “Mother” Bloor, the undercover labor activist and early socialist leader born on this day in 1862.

Hosted by Chris Garlock. Produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and broadcast on WPFW 89.3 FM and the Pacifica Network.

🖥️ Watch full performances from Laborpalooza on the Labor Heritage Foundation YouTube channel.

Broadcast on July 10, 2025 on WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC and Pacifica stations across the U.S.
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant; produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia Chapman.
The Labor Heritage Power Hour is a member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
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