May Day

Tuesday 20 March 2012 - Filed under Uncategorized

The Occupy Movement is once again back to thinking that it can be relevant by doing nothing. Buzz Feed:

Occupy Wall Street, largely forgotten over the last few months, aims to make a comeback from this winter’s hibernation with an ambitious plan: a crippling May Day “general strike” in the tradition of 1930s radicalism.

The grand promise is what one occupier, Brendan Burke, described to BuzzFeed as “a day without the 99%.” But in the city where the movement was born, it’s already suffering from what has emerged as one of Occupy’s signal weaknesses, the lack of ability or interest to make alliances with liberal institutions. Despite public solidarity, there’s little relationship between the Occupy movement and organized labor. And as a result, even the most progressive New York labor leaders say their members will not participate in the May 1 strike.

Let’s have progress by trying tactics that were used 80 years ago! Let’s rebuild our economy by sitting home and doing nothing!

I know how I plan to spend my May Day. Completely opposite of what the Occupy May Day calls for, I’ll be sure to go and do some banking, shopping, do some chores, my wife will go to work, and my children will go to their private school.

2012-03-20  »  madlibertarianguy