Working Class History

In various countries around the world, as movements against exploitation and inequality exploded, protesters found some unlikely allies – street dogs. In these episodes, we look at movements and riot dogs in two countries: Chile and Greece, and Negro Matapacos and Loukanikos, respectively.Our podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes without ads, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Supporters also get access to two exclusive podcast series: Fireside Chats and Radical Reads. Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistory
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E125: Chile – In this episode, we head to Chile, where a central figure of the 2019 uprising against the country’s dictatorship-era legacy, was a street dog called Negro Matapacos. Available without ads on Patreon.
E125.1: Greece – In this bonus episode, we look at a street dog named Loukanikos, and protests against police violence in 2009, and against austerity in 2011. Available exclusively for our supporters on Patreon.
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Check out sources, more information, and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e125-riot-dogs/ 
Acknowledgements
Thanks to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands.
Episode graphic: Negro Matapacos mural, courtesy Sfs90/Wikimedia Commons
Our theme tune is Loukanikos, by Ricardo Araya, as The Sunfall. Get it here on Bandcamp.
Written by Audrey Kemp and Tyler Hill.
Produced by Tyler Hill.

Free preview of the bonus episode to our three-part podcast series about the organising campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World union at Starbucks in the 2000s, in conversation with Daniel Gross, one of the key organisers.
This episode covers more about Daniel’s work and organising history, the political and economic context of the early 2000s, and retaliation by Starbucks against him, and what happened in the subsequent legal case. 
Our podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes without ads, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Supporters also get access to two exclusive podcast series: Fireside Chats and Radical Reads. Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistory
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Listen to this full bonus episode here on Patreon.
Listen to all parts now without ads on Patreon.
More information, sources, show notes and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e121-123-iww-starbucks-workers-union/
Get hold of books by Daniel Gross, including:
Labor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law – Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks – Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
Unions of our Own – Daniel Gross

Learn more about the IWW in our podcast series and in these books.
Learn more about McDonald’s Workers’ Resistance in this bonus podcast episode, available on Patreon.
Learn more about the Solidarity Union Network.
Learn more about workplace organising in these organising guides.
And, finally, learn about John’s experiences of organising at work in this bonus episode on Patreon.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands.
Episode graphic courtesy IWW.
Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here or stream it here.
Edited by Jesse French

Final part of our three-part podcast series about the organising campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World union at Starbucks in the 2000s, in conversation with Daniel Gross, one of the key organisers.
This part covers international solidarity, Starbucks union-busting strategies, the decline of the union, and lessons for today.
Our podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes without ads, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Supporters also get access to two exclusive podcast series: Fireside Chats and Radical Reads. Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistory
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Listen to all 3 parts now without ads, plus an exclusive bonus episode on Patreon.
More information, sources, show notes and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e121-123-iww-starbucks-workers-union/
Get hold of books by Daniel Gross, including:
Labor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law – Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks – Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
Unions of our Own – Daniel Gross

Learn more about the IWW in our podcast series and in these books.
Learn more about McDonald’s Workers’ Resistance in this bonus podcast episode, available on Patreon.
Learn more about the Solidarity Union Network.
Learn more about workplace organising in these organising guides.
And, finally, learn about John’s experiences of organising at work in this bonus episode on Patreon.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands.
Episode graphic: Starbucks Workers Union members, including Daniel, holding the sign, left, march down Union Square, NYC, 2007. Courtesy IWW.
Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here or stream it here.
Edited by Jesse French

Part 2 of our three-part podcast series about the organising campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World union at Starbucks in the 2000s, in conversation with Daniel Gross, one of the key organisers.
This part covers solidarity unionism and direct action on the job, tactics, and gains won by the workers. 
Our podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes without ads, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Supporters also get access to two exclusive podcast series: Fireside Chats and Radical Reads. Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistory
More
Listen to all 3 parts now without ads, plus an exclusive bonus episode on Patreon.
More information, sources, show notes and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e121-123-iww-starbucks-workers-union/
Get hold of books by Daniel Gross, including:
Labor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law – Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks – Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
Unions of our Own – Daniel Gross

Learn more about the IWW in our podcast series and in these books.
Learn more about McDonald’s Workers’ Resistance in this bonus podcast episode, available on Patreon.
Learn more about the Solidarity Union Network.
Learn more about workplace organising in these organising guides.
And, finally, learn about John’s experiences of organising at work in this bonus episode on Patreon.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands.
Episode graphic: Starbucks Workers Union members, including Daniel, holding the sign, left, march down Union Square, NYC, 2007. Courtesy IWW.
Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here or stream it here.
Edited by Jesse French

Before the current wave of organising at Starbucks, another group of workers in the early 2000s got together and formed a union at one of the most anti-union corporations on earth. They won better pay and conditions, and laid the groundwork for the unionisation campaign today. Learn their story in this three-part podcast series in conversation with Daniel Gross, one of the key organisers.
Our podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes without ads, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Supporters also get access to two exclusive podcast series: Fireside Chats and Radical Reads. Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistory
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Part 1: Background about Starbucks, workers’ pay and conditions, the Industrial Workers of the World union, how the organising got started, and the legal avenues the IWW pursued. Available without ads for our supporters on Patreon.
Listen to all 3 parts now without ads, plus an exclusive bonus episode on Patreon.
More information, sources, show notes and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e121-123-iww-starbucks-workers-union/
Get hold of books by Daniel Gross, including:
Labor Law for the Rank and Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law – Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
Solidarity Unionism at Starbucks – Staughton Lynd and Daniel Gross
Unions of our Own – Daniel Gross

Learn more about the IWW in our podcast series and in these books.
Learn more about McDonald’s Workers’ Resistance in this bonus podcast episode, available on Patreon.
Learn more about the Solidarity Union Network.
Learn more about workplace organising in these organising guides.
And, finally, learn about John’s experiences of organising at work in this bonus episode on Patreon.

Acknowledgements
Thanks to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands.
Episode graphic: Starbucks Workers Union members, including Daniel, holding the sign, left, march down Union Square, NYC, 2007. Courtesy IWW.
Our theme tune is Bella Ciao, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can purchase it here or stream it here.
Edited by Jesse French