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Billy Bragg -There Is Power In A Union. Col. 1.3K subscribers. 1.7M views 14 years ago.
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"There Is Power in a Union" is a song written by Billy Bragg and first released on his 1986 Talking with the Taxman About Poetry album. It is set to the tune of George Frederick Root's "Battle Cry of Freedom".
Jun 17, 2010 · Money speaks for money, the Devil for his own Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone What a comfort to the widow, a light to the child There is power in a Union The Union forever...
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Sep 15, 2023 · There Is Power in a Union (with FORTZA Choir & Tredegar Town Band) (Pride Original Soundtrack Version) is taken from Billy Bragg - The Roaring Forty.
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Bragg’s song about protest and the right to unionize developed from the popular Civil War tune about the Union, “Battle Cry of Freedom.”
Jun 11, 2024 · In “There Is Power in a Union,” Billy Bragg paints a vivid picture of the struggles faced by workers and the transformative potential of collective action. The song explores themes of unity, resilience, and the need for workers to stand together in the face of oppression and exploitation.
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"There Is Power in a Union" is a song written by Joe Hill in 1913. The Industrial Workers of the World (commonly known as the Wobblies) concentrated much of its labor trying to organize migrant workers in lumber and construction camps.
