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- 8.1 UAW-CIO song, 1942. *This song is about the struggles by auto workers to organize a union and their patriotic pride as both producers for and soldiers in the American war effort during World War II. It equates unionism with patriotism.
- 8.4 Memorial Day Massacre, 1937 *An eyewitness narration of unedited newsreel footage of the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre in Chicago, Illinois when steel unionists and their supporters were met with police violence on their way to demand the right to set up a mass picket in front of Republic Steel.
- 9.2 Chavez Explains the Need for Boycotts, 1972 *A TV interview with United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez conducted at the height of the struggle during the 1972 election season.
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