Without rest or relief. Written by activist and union organizer Florence Reece in 1931, “Which Side Are You On?” is certainly one of the most well-known labour songs in U.S. history. Reece wrote the lyrics to the song on a calendar in her kitchen, inscribing onto that ubiquitous piece of chrono-technology the desire and demand to change how time and lives are ordered. Not coincidentally, Reece penned her protest on a calendar as unions and labour activists were fighting and winning battles to fundamentally change the workweek, culminating in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act that would standardize the 40-hour … Continue reading For the Union: Monstruwacan’s Mourn at the Grindstone