Jamie (Internet remix)

John Darnielle sings Billy Bragg’s “Power in a Union” in support of Wisconsin public employees

Re-posting this in celebration of ruling that struck down Scott Walker’s law gutting the collective bargaining rights of Wisconsin public employees.

As a sidenote: Can I say how much I enjoy that this song uses the tune from “Battle Cry of Freedom”, for a message that both supports freedom and kicks at the “Rally ‘Round the Flag” line? Maybe I’m just a music nerd, but I 1) love when songs are subverted and 2) think this is a really cool tribute to the fact that most early labor songs were based on hymms or traditional songs because people knew them.