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Winning the fight in Lawrence, MA
"We want bread, but we want roses too!" Welcome to the blog for our feminist news and public affairs radio show -- airing at 6 pm Fridays on 90.7 FM in the Portland area, and streamed worldwide online at http://www.kboo.fm/ We are a collective of women striving to give voice to the unheard, and strengthening those who work toward equality and justice. On this blog you will find information about our guests, and links to the information we bring you on our shows. Revolution time!
Links from our shows
- Ceasefire Oregon
- Damali Ayo
- Ellen Bravo
- Fat Fancy
- Girls Rock Institute
- How to Rent a Negro
- IHeart Single Parents
- In Other Words feminist bookstore
- Middle School Girls Conference
- National Center for Homeless Education
- Natl. Assoc. for the Education of Homeless Children & Youth
- Natl. Law Ctr. on Homelessness & Poverty
- North by Northeast Community Health Clinic
- Portland Bad Date Line
- Portland Women's Crisis Line
- Rose City Cop Watch
- Sex Worker Outreach Coalition
- Single Parent Magazine
- Siren Nation
- The Measure of America book
- The Measure of America site
- Zoom Uganda
Contacting Bread and Roses
Feminist Theory Links
- Chicana Feminists
- EcoFeminism
- Ecofeminist Philosophy
- Eminism
- Feminist Issues & Theory
- Feminist Moms
- Feminist.com
- Feminist.org
- Feministing
- Global Sisterhood Network
- Guerilla Girls
- Men Stopping Violence
- Moms Rising
- Mothers and More
- Mothers ought to have equal rights
- Radical Women
- Sheroes
- Spoof on Mail Order Brides
- Third Wave Feminism
- Women in Media & News
- York U Research on Mothering
Posts
About Bread and Roses
- Bread and Roses
- Portland, Oregon, United States
- We are a feminist news and public affairs show that airs on Friday nights on 90.7 FM in the Portland, OR area. It's also streamed online live at www.kboo.fm. Our show has been going strong on KBOO community radio for almost 40 years! Here's a little history about where we got our name: In 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts became the focus of international attention as the scene of one of the landmark events in American labor history. When a state law reduced the work week from 56 to 54 hours, the mills cut the workers’ pay. Averaging only $8.76 a week, most of Lawrence’s 30,000 textile workers walked off the job, and stayed out for nine weeks in a harsh winter. The strike was remarkable for the cooperation among immigrant workers, for the role of women, and for the strikers’ practice of expressing themselves in song. Some women strikers reportedly carried banners proclaiming “We want bread, and roses, too”, symbolizing their fight for both subsistence and dignity. Thus the name, the “Bread and Roses Strike”.
Winning the fight in Lawrence, MA
1 comment:
Hi Nico,
This is a very informative blog. It has a lot of interesting stuff in it, and it makes a strong statement about what we want (bread AND roses) right at the front. And, it's a great way for women to get their voices heard!!
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