Happy International Workers Day!

[Arkady]

Most Americans no longer recognize May 1 as a time to celebrate the workers. Although the custom began here in the United States (commemorating the Chicago labor activism that culminated in the Haymarket Affair), making the holiday as American as apple pie, a McCarthyite mindset turned the country against the holiday. Our labor day was moved to September, to try to cut back on any finding of common cause with working class people elsewhere in the world, and May 1 was renamed "Loyalty Day," which is about as Orwellian as you can get. But in pretty much every other advanced nation on Earth, this remains a special day for remembering the martyrdom of labor organizers, and the role organized labor and worker's movements have played in enhancing our quality of life.

 

[RickWA]

Most Americans no longer recognize May 1 as a time to celebrate the workers. Although the custom began here in the United States (commemorating the Chicago labor activism that culminated in the Haymarket Affair), making the holiday as American as apple pie, a McCarthyite mindset turned the country against the holiday. Our labor day was moved to September, to try to cut back on any finding of common cause with working class people elsewhere in the world, and May 1 was renamed "Loyalty Day," which is about as Orwellian as you can get. But in pretty much every other advanced nation on Earth, this remains a special day for remembering the martyrdom of labor organizers, and the role organized labor and worker's movements have played in enhancing our quality of life.

The Soviet types are thankful for your fealty to Marxism and May Day.

 

[as seen on tv]

perhaps most americans no longer consider themselves "workers". the original labor movement began with trade and industrial unions trying to improve working conditions/safety and scale back the 60 hour workweek.

goal accomplished, long ago.

now we have . . .

• 4.X million federal employees
• possibly a similiar number of state, county, and municipal workers
• 94 million people "eligible to work, but not in the workforce"
• another 5.X% of workers officially looking for work, and considered unemployed
• millions of prisoners in federal state and county lockups
• kids extending their college years into the late 20's/early 30s

there aren't that many actual private sector workers, paying taxes, to comfortably support everyone who has found a way NOT to work in the private sector.

 

[Lukey]

Effing Commie!

 

[marvin martian]

The Soviet types are thankful for your fealty to Marxism and May Day.

But of course.

And, let's celebrate with record unemployment and record welfare distributions!

 

[RickWA]

But of course.

And, let's celebrate with record unemployment and record welfare distributions!

I'm no fan of the GOP, but Democrats are pretty much Marxist lunkheads these days.

 

[Charcat]

Most Americans no longer recognize May 1 as a time to celebrate the workers. Although the custom began here in the United States (commemorating the Chicago labor activism that culminated in the Haymarket Affair), making the holiday as American as apple pie, a McCarthyite mindset turned the country against the holiday. Our labor day was moved to September, to try to cut back on any finding of common cause with working class people elsewhere in the world, and May 1 was renamed "Loyalty Day," which is about as Orwellian as you can get. But in pretty much every other advanced nation on Earth, this remains a special day for remembering the martyrdom of labor organizers, and the role organized labor and worker's movements have played in enhancing our quality of life.

 

[Fast Eddy]

Amazing the communists around these days. Where is Joe McCarthy when you need him?

 

[Saladin2]

Amazing the communists around these days. Where is Joe McCarthy when you need him?

McCarthy is Dead...Which is a good thing

 

[Fast Eddy]

McCarthy is Dead...Which is a good thing

Yes Brainiac, that was a rhetorical statement.

 

[Saladin2]

Yes Brainiac, that was a rhetorical statement.

He is still Dead....and forgotten by most

 

[Fast Eddy]

He is still Dead....and forgotten by most

You don't get most things, do you.

 

[Saladin2]

You don't get most things, do you.

I get your Dumb Ass singing the praises of "McCarthy"

 

[Fast Eddy]

I get your Dumb Ass singing the praises of "McCarthy"

Great! As you know McCarthy has proven to be right over time, there were a lot of Commies in this country, I'm amazed it is tolerated to the extent it is today.

 

[Dawg]

Most Americans no longer recognize May 1 as a time to celebrate the workers. Although the custom began here in the United States (commemorating the Chicago labor activism that culminated in the Haymarket Affair), making the holiday as American as apple pie, a McCarthyite mindset turned the country against the holiday. Our labor day was moved to September, to try to cut back on any finding of common cause with working class people elsewhere in the world, and May 1 was renamed "Loyalty Day," which is about as Orwellian as you can get. But in pretty much every other advanced nation on Earth, this remains a special day for remembering the martyrdom of labor organizers, and the role organized labor and worker's movements have played in enhancing our quality of life.

look how well that has worked out Fat Mikey

 

[Dawg]

Effing Commie!

well.Sanders now at least has ONE (1) vote

 

[Lukey]

well.Sanders now at least has ONE (1) vote

Exactly Dawg! I love Bernie - he's going to expose all these progressives as the Marxist sympathizers they are, and hopefully send the Reagan Democrats running for the exits...