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Spirit of '34

by The Old Breed

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Spirit Of '34 was recorded at Lackbottom Recording House in Toledo Ohio August 2019. Originally slated to be part of a 7" split release but things happen and the split was tabled. So we decided to release it now.

This one's for the rich history of working class pride in our home town, Toledo Ohio. Below is a quick description from WIKI of the way things went down in the Electric Auto-Lite Strike of 1934. If you want to read more check the link.

The Toledo Auto-Lite strike was a strike by a federal labor union of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) against the Electric Auto-Lite company of Toledo, Ohio, from April 12 to June 3, 1934.

The strike is notable for a five-day running battle between nearly 10,000 strikers and 1,300 members of the Ohio National Guard. Known as the "Battle of Toledo," the clash left two strikers dead and more than 200 injured. The strike is regarded by many labor historians as one of the three most important strikes in U.S. history.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Lite_strike

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There's blood and there's violence ingrained in these streets
Blood and a violence we won't forget or concede
Knew to unit to stand up and fight
Together they made history
History
Together they made history
In unity

Call the National Guard out they want to go to war
They've got the bosses and the cops locked inside the factory doors
Money equals power and you know we've got it all
The working man needs to understand they're going to take the fall

Ten thousand workers joined the strike that day
In the name of better treatment and a living wage
The bosses laughed and scoffed and said they'd never give in
The working man had nothing to lose and everything to gain

Shots fired into the crowd teargas rained down
There were dead and wounded still they stood their ground
Days turned into weeks into a month long war
The working man won the fight and all they were fighting for

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released August 6, 2020
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Glass City Street Punk Rock N Roll! 40+ hour work weeks, driven only by our need to survive. In a time when our country is trying to bury us, we are here to lend a voice to the struggle! They think it'll be easy to stomp out the working class, they are WRONG! This nation was built on blue collar backs, with the blood of the working class and it's time to re-instill this pride to this nation! ... more

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