May 1st

"They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn
But without our brain and muscle, not a single wheel can turn
We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn
That the union* makes us strong"

Ralph Chaplin


here's a few tunes you may like to listen today of all days:

the wonderful guthrie:


just as wonderful dylan:


on a different note:



happy may 1st, everyone.


*i choose to take 'union' there on a greater notion--a union of human love and compassion--as well as the union on a standard basis. though the lenin way of seeing this whole union thing is quite logical to me, that has nothing to do with the issue of the workingman, with the unity of humanity.

ps: most certainly this post itself does very little, but people my age are quite reluctant to get out on the street on this very day. that is clearly no excuse. but next year--i'm really hoping i can turn around a few heads by then.