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Happy May Day

May 1, 2017 By JimC

As you know, May Day is the international day of worker solidarity, begun in the United States in 1888.

As you also know, the Democratic Party is the party of labor. Then why is the word labor so hard to find in these?

Chuck Schumer‏Verified account @SenSchumer 2h2 hours ago
@SenateDems stood strong against @POTUS’ deportation force, border wall, unconstitutional executive orders & de-funding sanctuary cities,

Chuck Schumer‏Verified account @SenSchumer 2h2 hours ago
This #MayDay2017 communities across the US are coming together to fight back against POTUS’ & GOP’s attacks on immigrants, workers, Muslims.

Senator Patty Murray‏Verified account @PattyMurray 3h3 hours ago
I stand w/ people marching to make their voices heard & who refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice & economic inequality -PM #MayDay

Tom Udall‏Verified account @SenatorTomUdall 12m12 minutes ago
Immigrants make countless contributions to #NM’s culture, communities & economy. I stand w/ all who are defending their rights this #MayDay

Kirsten Gillibrand‏Verified account @SenGillibrand 3h3 hours ago
Working families, immigrants, and refugees strengthen our communities. Today, we #RiseUp to celebrate their contributions.

Obviously, I intend no disrespect to the myriad groups listed in these tweets. But how about some love for labor? I don’t get it.

On the bright side, there was this.

Appalachians Rising‏ @appalachians_r Apr 30
“We will fight until the mines are made secure and human life valued more than props.” — Mother Jones
#mayday #MayDay2017

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  1. Andrei Radulescu-Banu says

    May 1, 2017 at 4:09 pm

    The word labor has faded from use,. We use, instead, work. International work day,, worker, working families and so on.

    Labor has acquired a labored connotation. According to wiki, it implies manual labor – typically, unskilled.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laborer

    (have not figured out how to paste links over text in the new comment interface 🙂

  2. JimC says

    May 1, 2017 at 6:01 pm

    I liked this by accident; I was just trying to see who the other liker was. I guess that’s concealed?

    • Andrei Radulescu-Banu says

      May 2, 2017 at 1:47 pm

      It was me… LOL!

  3. jconway says

    May 1, 2017 at 6:42 pm

    “While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”-Eugene Debs

    Best heard in the Brooklyn cadence of a young Bernie Sanders

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w82pFvUq3o8

    (how do we do links on comments?)

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