I awoke this morning with joy, in anticipation of the glorious parades, the waving red flags of revolution, the celebration of the International Worker's Holiday, "May Day." But alas, the Red Chinese are under quarantine and even the website of the workers and oppressed peoples of the world leads with stories on how the Iraqis hate Americans and how the glorious government socialist hero Fidel Castro fights back against capitalist provocations from Washington. But no mention of May Day. No redesign of the site just for this holiday.
I remember, back in the day, the wonderful display of missiles and tanks in Red Square, under the watchful eye of the faithful servants in the Politburo. I remember the stern face of Leonid Brezhnev as he faced down the decadent West and uplifted the Russian worker, just as Uncle Joe did before him. But, alas, May Day seems to be going unremarked. Is Marx, at last, dead?
But then, what to my wondering eyes would appear, a message to the workers of the world -- as the anthem of the oppressed, The Internationale is posted on Democratic Underground. I new they would come through for me. Red China may be forgetting the joys of May Day, but not the people on the website that "welcome[s] Democrats of all stripes, along with other progressives who will work with us to achieve our shared goals." The are coming through for us, reviving the ghosts of Marx and Engels and calling for Revolution Now:
we should take the example of the so called founding fathers. . . .instead of appeasers and ass kissers, we need fighters and ass kickers. we should be the new revolutionaries of the new american century. we are being crushed under a monarchy and led by men who are anything but leaders. we should take back america, because they are surely stealing it out from under our noses. the time is now. REVOLUTION NOW. more and more people are starting to wake up reluctantly to the fact that 9-11 was a deliberate u.s. government act, designed to kick off global conquest and imperial america.Throwing off the yoke of oppression, fixing the lies of history:
I'm a progressive. I don't look to the past for guidance, but to the future. A war of indepedence fought largely for the preservation of the existing social elites in North America (Washington was at one time the richest man in the USA) is hardly my role model, and a period where only rich white males could vote is hardly my definition of "good ole' days" - it's more like the bad ole' days.Yes, the Democrat base comes alive on May Day. Go enjoy.
