Which Side Are You On?

Run time: 02:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1gX0SxtidI   Posted on YouTube: November 07, 2011 By YouTube Member: Tradeofjane Views on YouTube: 3   Posted on DU: November 07, 2011 By DU Member: Galraedia Views on DU: 1581

 
Song written by Florence Reece in 1931. She was the wife of Sam Reece, a union organizer for the United Mine Workers in Harlan County, Kentucky. In 1931, the miners of that region were locked in a bitter and violent struggle with the mine owners. In an attempt to intimidate the Reece family, Sheriff J. H. Blair and his men (hired by the mining company) illegally entered the Reece family home in search of Sam Reece. Sam had been warned in advance and escaped, but Florence and their children were terrorized in his place. That night, after the men had gone, Florence wrote the lyrics to "Which Side Are You On?" on a calendar that hung in the kitchen of her home.

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Ani Difranco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzQ-n4RLMC4

Natalie Merchant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeKYVxvzKcU

Dropkick Murphys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKWfnO7fhQM

Billy Bragg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbddqXib814

tylerrandlongpine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Zap4KeTEY
(this one is GREAT!)

Pete Seeger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N43Cm6ra0hY

and of course Florence Reece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzudto-FA5Y