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5/02/2005 So yesterday was May Day, and the first of many, many years that I conciously chose not to participate in what I view as the masturbatory efforts of the bourgeois youth of Milwaukee. It was billed on milwaukee indymedia as the largest celebration in recent memory. Sad. It's great when people get together and try to organize something but there's a difference between doing it for yourself and doing it with a wider vision. Sadly, most Americans lack that vision because the idea of collective action is stunted by the rampant need for individuality, especially in the young, white, college student sector who inexplicably identify as anarchists (I myself was there at one point, so I cannot claim innocence).
The workers of the rest of the world celebrated accordingly, once again proving how out of step the working class in the U.S. is. In even more disturbing news the fascist movement in Germany continues to grow, this year the assholes once again tried to usurp the holiday from working people.
posted by Nathan Hall at 5/02/2005 08:03:00 PM link |
