Tuesday, May 2, 2017

May Day, May Day




May Day demonstrations on Monday in Chicago. There is a long tradition of protest around the world on May Day, known in most other countries as International Workers’ Day. Jim Young/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Yesterday was May Day. Typically this day is a celebration of, for and by laborers world wide. In our country it was all of that plus more. d. j[ackass] trump has been pitting American labor against migrant workers and refugees, and these groups took this opportunity to show that there are some in both camps that understand this. In many cities and towns around our country, protesters, people of all sorts joined forces to speak out; to tell their truth; to exercise their first amendment Constitutional rights. This must be one of the portions of our Constitution that d. j[ackass] was thinking about when he blamed our Constitution for the chaos of his first 100 days in as the administrator.

I love the photo, above, taken in Chicago. At every protest I have been to since election day last November, there has been some sort of paper mache puppet of trumpy boy. The forked tongue and the horns are wonderful and the delightful intensity of the woman hitting him with the big hammer brings great joy to my heart. The joy is due to the fact that the energy to turn Congress in 2018 is not flagging. This, of course will lead to trump's impeachment and removal.

trump proclaimed May 1st to be “Loyalty Day,” a time for Americans to reaffirm their commitment to “individual liberties, to limited government and to the inherent dignity of every human being”.  Awwwwww come on now.  this asshole doesn't give a wit about individual liberties (unless they're his) or the dignity of any human beings.  I'd like to know who wrote this piece of crap, 'cause it sure wasn't trump.

I was sad to read that the protests in Portland, Oregon, turned violent.  I do not condone violence.  And what is more, it has been shown that in most cases violent protests do not accomplish goals, they serve to turn public opinion against the goals that the protesters are attempting to communicate.  All of that being said, I do understand the upset that is building up in our country and the fact that human emotions sometimes erupt into violence. 

Grand rapids, Michigan....over 4,000, Homestead, Florida......over 1,000. In New York City there were protests in Union Square, Washington Square in Greenwich Village and a march to Foley Square where Mayor Bill de Blasio said, “Everything Donald Trump wants to do, I have a simple message: No, you can’t! No se puede!” Los Angeles .....over 10,000 marched the two miles from MacArthur Park to City Hall. Seattle and Olympia Washington saw violence.

In Philadelphia, at least four groups numbering in the thousands, including at least 1,000 public school teachers, marched from various starting points in the city and all converged on City Hall, disrupting traffic in the city's center.

Over 10,000 in Washington, D.C. A group known as The Rise Up movement organized 259 events in more than 200 cities.  Another group effort, Beyond the Moment, set up actions in 50 cities.

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