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Facebook allows censorship of free speech

March 22, 2020, 12:49 pm
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By SJ Otto


Recently Facebook has had ads about their Facebook groups. There are several of those I belong to that deal with politics. But what groups does facebook show on their ad? Is it a group based around issues or political groups? No! We see members of the International Kazoo Players Association.
Facebook had to look long and hard to find a cutezy group that was innocuous enough that no one could be offended by them. There is nothing controversial about playing a kazoo.
In the meantime I posted a link to one of my political blogs and to my surprise I got a message that claims I violated their community standards. Someone claimed my blog was spam. I don’t know who lodged the complaint but the only thing I was allowed to do about this was to punch in a message that told them I disagree with their actions. They have taken all my comments were I posted a link to my blog. This is clearly a case of censorship. They have allowed on person to use a complaint to block me from posting notices of new posts on my political blog. Sense when can one person shut down my personal comments because they don’t like my politics? Facebook needs some type of system so that I can protest these kinds of decisions.

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We all have to deal with the Corona virus—if it strikes us!

March 25, 2020, 6:32 am
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By SJ Otto
Out side of politics is the possibility that folks as I mite actually die from the Coronavirus. I am 65 years of age and that puts me in a difficult category of people who are susceptible to death from this virus. That isn’t easy to accept. In Italy743 people have died. In China where this sort of thing began, the Corona virus: 81,218 Cases and 3,281 Deaths.
This pandemic has spread all across this country and in such major cites as New York and other cities along the WesternCoast people are taking the brunt of this epidemic.
So as someone who is in a high risk category, I have to be very careful. Being dead would put a very clear cut end to my political writing and as an activist. Everyone is being asked to stay at home and stop their activities. For many people this means little. But for people I work with, this is a major problem.
A pandemic like this brings out the worst of us. There are those who buy more toilet paper and paper towels than they can ever use and then try and resell it to those who are in need. The cost is way more than what they paid at the store for these. It is profiteering. That is normal as part of our UScapitalist medical system. This is the only place in the industrialized world where making a profit is way more important than the needs of the people. We have a major epidemic and there are plenty of people trying to profit off of other people’s suffering. Such people are the scum of the earth and we need to stop them when ever we can.
This has also put a damper on the USeconomy. For the Republicans, such as our idiot President Donald Trump, the economy is all they really care about. Everything else is “less than zero” to them. If we had the kinds of deaths they have in Spainand Italythat would not be as big a problem as the fall of the economy. The economy is all the Republicans really care about.
Yes, Trump and his ilk do plan to send money to working people who can’t go to work. They almost have to. The damage to the economy would be more than they could handle if they didn’t send the money.

Here is a liberal point of view on this epidemic:

Sign the Petition to U.S. Congress

Posted By: Common Cause (campaign leader)
When President Trump took office, we demanded that he do what all other modern presidents have: divest from his businesses. That's the only way to avoid the huge conflicts of interest that'd obviously come from running the country and a multi-million dollar business at the same time. 
But Trump refused.
And now, we're facing the prospect of Trump getting millions in bailout money from Congress' upcoming stimulus package -- public money that should be going to help ordinary Americans.
When asked specifically whether he'd accept a bailout, Trump said: "I don't know… I have hotels. Everybody knew I had hotels when I got elected. They knew I was a successful person when I got elected, so it's one of those things."
That's right -- Trump is open to diverting money away from critical needs into his pocket.
Every member of Congress should reject any proposal that would allow Trump to get stimulus money for his businesses. Bailing out Trump's business empire would be a clear-cut violation of our Constitution's Emoluments Clause, which forbids the president from receiving money from the government -- precisely to prevent situations like the one we're in right now.
SIGN THE PETITION

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Donald Trump Says "We Have to Get Back to Work"—so to hell with people’s lives

March 27, 2020, 7:07 am
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By SJ Otto
Our President, Donald Trump, has said he wants to bet people back to work right away. Trump is thinking about the economy and he doesn’t give a damn about all the people who will die if he gets his way. He is being told by many people that ending all the isolation in just two weeks is a major mistake. But Trump only cares about the economy, not people’s health, or ever their right to live. The fact that he ended Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) and ended millions of people’s health care was the first sign that he is uninterested in people’s health or lives. According to The Hill:

"I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be," Trump said on "Hannity." 
"I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You know, you go into major hospitals, sometimes they’ll have two ventilators. And now all of a sudden they're saying, 'Can we order 30,000 ventilators?'"
He has denied the need for more ventilators and that alone could cost a lot of people their lives. He is a psychopathic killer. As the article above states, the economic damage to this country will go on for months, not weeks, even after the virus is under control.

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The Coronavirus may be the catalyst that finally brings down Republican- conservative rule

March 27, 2020, 8:06 am
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By SJ Otto
If there is one thing the Republicans can’t stand it is any damage to the economy. The Coronavirus has had serious consequences for the country, our economy and the capitalist way of life. It MAY cause irreversible changes and it could bring down the present Republican economic and political regime. A recent article in Vox, “How the Covid-19 recession could become a depression, Coronavirus is a global economic catastrophe,” by Ezra Klein, lays out some serious problems ahead for this country. Let’s look at a few of his predictions:

What we had was an“output gap” — the difference between what the economy could produce and what it was producing. The solution to an output gap, particularly one caused by collapsing economic demand, is simple: fill it with money. Invest in infrastructure projects. Give families cash. If corporations and consumers won’t spend, then the government should spend on their behalf, creating the economic demand necessary to push the economy back to normalcy.
The mistake the US made in 2008 was not spending enough. We underestimated the size of the output gap, and then passed a stimulus too small to fill it. When the Obama administration returned to Congress for more fiscal ammunition, Republicans refused, and the recovery limped rather than roared. This is recent history, and in ways both implicit and explicit, it’s shadowing the immediate response to this crisis.

As we can see here, the Republicans wanted to mend this country on the cheap. They didn’t want to spend the money needed to keep the economy out of the crapper. Chances are they will try this again and this time the damage will be far greater than in the last economic downturn.

But this is not 2008, when the economy was intact but the credit markets were frozen. The real economy is in shambles. Millions of workers are being forced to shelter in place, and the factories and machines they operate are lying quiet. We are losing the use of land and knowledge, because the clusters of human beings necessary to build on them could spread a deadly disease.
As Jason Furman, who served as deputy director of the National Economic Council during the financial crisis, put it to me, this isn’t a financial crisis, where if you can stop the panic, you can unfreeze the economy. “Here, there’s a deadly germ out there and you don’t want to go near it for your sake and your community’s sake. There’s only one equilibrium: It’s economic inactivity until the danger passes.”

Then it goes on to say:

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned of 20 percent unemployment before walking it back. On Sunday, James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said unemployment could reach 30 percent, and GDP could drop by 50 percent.

The article goes on to warn of massive unemployment. With many workers staying home to avoid getting this virus, it will obviously put a strain on the unemployment insurance system. This will be a problem that has only been dwarfed by such unemployment periods of the past.
Klein defines as “waves” that will attack this country as a consequence of the virus’s economic fall out.

The third wave, according to (Mark) Zandi, (chief economist at Moody’s Analytics) will be “all these folks who’ve seen their nest egg wiped out. They thought they were set for retirement and they’re not. They’ll go into panic mode.” The shattered stock market will be a disaster for those in or near retirement. They’re watching wealth they worked their whole lives to build crumble in the space of weeks. They won’t purchase that new car, buy that new house, plan that vacation — and unlike some of the direct economic stoppages, which will lift when the virus ease, their reticence to spend will slow economic growth long after the direct crisis ends.
Wave four, Zandi continues, will see businesses cut investment. Corporations that intended to open a new factory won’t; media organizations thinking of launching new publications will hold back; businesses that meant to upgrade their office space in 2021 will decide they’re fine where they are. Another engine of economic growth dead.

As the article below this one states, President Donald Trump is in a hurry to end all the social distancing that health officials have called for. Trump must realize how difficult the economy will be to jump start the longer this country is in the grips of the virus.

The nightmare scenario is that the virus isn’t under control by the summer, and extreme social distancing measures are needed throughout the year — which many public health experts consider likely. Then, Zandi said, the ground could collapse underneath the economy.

Policies to support families through this nightmare are necessary, and should encompass everything from cash grants to paid leave to massively expanded unemployment insurance to guaranteed health care (the Roosevelt Institute has a thoughtful set of recommendations). But we will also need policies that permit the businesses that employ them to survive.

Here we see a serious need for a change in the health care system. This epidemic just might force this country to realize it needs a comprehensive medical system for all citizens. All the nonsense about the money it will cost will finally be overcome. If this doesn’t happen, the economy, that is so important to the Republicans, may never really recover. In many ways this country and its economy is like a house of cards and the Coronavirus is the wind that will blow the cards down.

I want to make certain I’m not misinterpreted on this next point: We need policies to put money in families’ pockets, and we need them now. But we also need to recognize that they won’t be nearly enough. The cash transfers and safety net expansions Washington is considering are exactly the kind of policies we needed more of in 2008. They are necessary now, too, but they are insufficient.

We have to remember that rather that putting people to work, this country is trying to pay them not to work, until the medical emergency passes. Paying people not to work is a painful pill for the Republicans who keep putting a “work requirement” on just about all entitlement programs.

In a more imaginative country, with a more ambitious and capable political system, crisis could become opportunity: This could be the moment to pass a true Green New Deal, taking advantage of cheap money and idle workers to solve perhaps the central problem of our future. If this economy must collapse, perhaps we could build something better, fairer, more sustainable in its place. “I hope this will cause a seismic political change,” says Sen. (Michael) Bennet. “I think this is going to make us realize we need to invest again in America.”

As with part of the conclusion of this article, this is the opportunity to finally get some of the progressive changes this country needs and many of this country’s progressives may come out ahead in the long run. It won’t be easy, but actual change is possible and this kind of natural disaster may be the weight that finally sinks the Republican regime. We must take advantage of this.



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Kansas and Missouri politicians have failed the working poor—The COVID-19 pandemic proves it

March 29, 2020, 8:00 am
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By SJ Otto
The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing out the worst in our political system and the creepy politicians who have contributed to it. That is not to say that such politicians weren’t obvious in their actions before the pandemic, but with this virus and the many deaths and illnesses, we can see just how terrible our political systems is.
For example, in an article in The Wichita Eagle[1]: “Pandemic, Medicaid shortage hit poor in Kan., Mo.,”
This article looks at the life of Melissa Dodge, who is without health insurance, who works in Derby, Kansas. She is taking all kinds of precautions to protect herself and her four children. According to The WichitaEagle:

Getting sick means having to calculate the risk of skipping a doctor’s visits versus paying out of pocket. The coronavirus pandemic has amplified those concerns.
“That has only increased that anxiety tenfold” Dodge said. “The risks of getting exposed and having to manage that financially in the immediate aspect and also in the long-term as those bills start coming in… It’s a fear.”

The rest of the article looks at the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is being handled in Kansas and Missouri. Politicians in both states, largely Republican, have routinely ignored the needs of the working poor. Both have rejected the idea of expanding Medicaid as so many other states have. Ignoring the needs of the working poor have left many vulnerable to medical problems in the past and now that this entire country has been hit with one of the worst medical emergencies of the century, such greedy, hateful mean-spirited politicians have been exposed for what they are.
The whole idea of denying working poor people Medicaid in this time of pandemic need is ridiculous. I countries, as Cuba, poor people have complete access to health care. Here many are prevented for their health care needs because we live here in a system where the ability for insurance companies, pharmacies and other medical establishments are concerned about making a profit. Many politicians, such as our President Donald Trump and even his possible Democratic political opponent, in the next presidential election, also defend the rights of the medical establishments over the needs of the working poor.
Now is the prefect time to push for the idea that politicians need to support poor people’s medical rights over those of the medical establishment. Medical care is a human right and not just a privilege.


Pix by Viruses: What They are, How They Spread, and How We Fight Them

[1]Bryan Lowry, Jason Hancock (Kansas City Star) and Jonathan Shorman,
 “Pandemic, Medicaid shortage hit poor in Kan., Mo.,”
The WichitaEagle, March 29, 2020, Volume 148 No 89, PP 1A, 14A.


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AOC suggests Politico report part of effort 'to demoralize the left'

April 4, 2020, 6:01 am
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It is not surprising at all that  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that a recent Politico report was designed to demoralize the left. The establishment is always trying to do that. They hate the idea that people might turn to left-wing ideas in this country. -SJ Otto
For example, David Freedlander writing forPoliticorecently wrote;

"Maybe you’ve heard the warning: The country is beset by a menace. A fringe conservative minority is holding Congress hostage, extracting radical policy concessions over the will of the majority. And it’s leading the nation to fiscal, environmental and moral ruin.
Maybe you haven’t heard this part: These dangerous conservatives are Democrats."

He is totally right. And here is an article from Fox News[1]:



Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has disputed a recent Politico report that suggested she might be modifying her socialist views, claiming the piece was part of a campaign to demoralize the left.

During an Instagram Live session Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez was asked whether the article, titled "The 'new' AOC divides the left," was "based in reality."
"If anything, I've only gotten more ardent in my positions," Ocasio-Cortez said, adding "but I do think it's funny that all these folks that one day are like, 'keep your third eye open,''manufactured consent,' are the same ones who fall the fastest for these ploys to demoralize the left."
The Politico article portrayed Ocasio-Cortez as making strategic decisions indicating she was more open to compromise than when she first entered Congress. It also featured quotes from top Democratic operatives speculating that Ocasio-Cortez was becoming more moderate.
"Neera Tanden, president of the liberal think tankCenterfor American Progress and a longtime Hillary Clinton aide, called Ocasio-Cortez's shift 'a sign of leadership,'" the article read. It also quoted James Carville, who has criticized the party's leftward drift, similarly speculating about a change in Ocasio-Cortez's disposition.
"Maybe she is — I don’t speak for her — coming to the conclusion that she wants to be part of the coalition," said Carville, a former aide to President Bill Clinton.
For the rest check Fox News (in this article, the foot note since Fox won't allow hyperlinks).



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Joe Biden is bad, but Donald Trump is a criminal and buffoon—he has no business running this country for 4 more years

April 6, 2020, 10:14 am
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By SJ Otto
Officially this site still backs Bernie Sanders. But it looks more and more like Joe Biden will be the Democratic candidate for the Democrats. Many Democrats hate President Donald Trump and they will vote for Biden. But the problem is that there are a lot of young people who may or will decide that, as with Hillary Clinton, their support of Sanders was unfairly prevented. Some of these people won’t vote, others may actually vote for Trump. This factional conflict was largely responsible for the election of Trump against Hillary. Most of my brothers and many of my friends said they couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Clinton. I knew something bad was going to happen and I was right.
As much as I hate Biden and what he stands for, I do not look forward to four more years of Trump. What is more, he is a criminal, a war criminal and just a dangerous buffoon. He does not belong in the White House.
I have seen a few signs that Biden may be aware that he has to make overtures to the young progressives that his party has so far, just ridiculed. A New York Times article recently told us:

“Biden Has Talked to Sanders About Process for Picking a Running Mate

On a virtual fund-raiser, Mr. Biden also mused aloud about filling positions like secretary of state, attorney general and chief of staff, but said, “I haven’t asked anybody yet.’’
Joseph R. Biden Jr. said on Friday that he had discussed the process of selecting a running mate with his chief rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, even as both men continue to compete in the Democratic primary.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. said on Friday that he had discussed the process of selecting a running mate with his chief rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, even as both men continue to compete in the Democratic primary.”

This is actually good news. I have heard Sanders say that Trump is ‘the most dangerous man we have had as a leader in many years.’ He realizes just how bad Trump is, and as he did in the last election, I believe he will back Biden against Trump.
If Biden is smart he will make overtures to try and make the progressive wing of the Democrat Party feel they have a stake in this election. As with the last election, I can easily predict that the so called “Bernie or Bust” people will continue to sit this election out as they did the last election. Some of those people are so stubborn they will oppose Biden no matter what he does. But I consider that position irresponsible. There is no way that Biden can be as bad as Trump.
I agree with those who saw this as an opportunity to bring about real change. Sanders planned on addressing our dismal, unfair and expensive health care system. Sanders planned on providing students, burdened by huge college loans, some relief rather than a life-time of dept and a lack of real career opportunity.
Despite the loss of Sanders as a presidential contender, there are many other progressives running across the country. We need to support those people.[1] We can still change this country. We should not get too hung up on a national presidential election. It is the smaller races that provide us with the hope of change. It is smaller races that progressives can make use of and they are actually more important. We still have Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and we will likely have other socialists and progressives after this next election.
Biden needs to open up to the progressive wing of the party and progressives need to realize it is just plain irresponsible to let Trump win another election. He has hurt a lot of people, he has viciously attacked progressive foreign governments, especially in this hemisphere and he needs to go. To give this man four more years is a crime against humanity. We may not get anything we want from Biden, but we know what we will get from Trump, who is nothing more than a conservative criminal and buffoon. 


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[1]Also see “Bernie Sanders’ bid is over—it is time to move on and help other progressives,”

 https://tiahrtfolly.blogspot.com/2020/03/bernie-sanders-bid-is-overit-is-time-to.html

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Easter—music to go with the holiday

April 12, 2020, 11:25 am
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A comment on Pope Paul--SJ Otto
Jefferson Airplane - Easter?


Patti Smith Group - Easter


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In a system where lying to us is business as usual—who do we trust to protect us from Corona Virus?

April 14, 2020, 7:12 am
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By SJ Otto
All my life I have questioned what I have been told about “the system.” By the system I do mean the system we live under. When I was in high school we were exposed to a constant  barrage of warnings that drugs were bad for us. At the time we had LSD[1] and Marijuana. We were told that using marijuana would lead us to heroin. The drug marijuana was supposed to be extremely dangerous and would lead to all kinds of health problems including insanity. Since my high school days, LSD and its many variations have pretty much disappeared. Marijuana has not gone away and in many parts of the country it has been made legal.
But this article is not about drugs. It is about how our political leaders lie to us. They lied to us about pot. They lied to us about LSD. They have lied about a lot of things. As I have grown though out my adult life, I have found over and over, that the system I live under is about lies and cheating.
The system we live under is bourgeois democracy and capitalism. I have been raised a Catholic and as the years have gone by, I have learned to ditch Catholicism and Christianity. As an American I don’t have to be a Christian. I can believe or not believe in god. Supposedly I can choose that, but in reality it is a lot easier to be “a believer” than a “non-believer.”
I don’t even smoke marijuana anymore, but I’m glad that many states have given me that option if I decide I want to smoke it again. Unlike my father and people of his generation[2], I have the option of drinking alcohol as they did or I can eat magic mushrooms (psilocybin),
kratom or a lot of other herbal highs that the generation before me would never even consider using. They had been raised to believe that any drug besides alcohol was just plain “unthinkable” for a person to use.
This was just the beginning. I began reading about Salvador Allende, the Marxist president or Chile, during my high school days. This was my introduction to socialism and Marxism. As a youth, I watched as USPresident Richard Nixon tried everything he could to topple Allende. He was able to use the CIA to replace the Marxist, yet democratically elected, Allende with a fascist leader, Augusto Pinochet. It was between these two important issues, democratic Marxism and the legalization of Marijuana, that I learned to distrust out elected leaders.
I have written several articles about these two issues in my life. It was between the two of these that I learned not to trust the so called “system.” The system, which was not so definitely defined in the late 1960s or 1970s, was quite well defined by the 1980s. It was after that, we had another Nixon like President, Ronald Reagan. We had another Allende type revolution, the Sandinistas of Nicaragua.

So today we have a new set of players, President Donald Trump on the right, President Nicolás Maduro, of Venezuelaon the left. Today we have a new, graver added player, the big epidemic; Coronavirus. US attempts to oust a South American president who is not a USteam player—there is Trump—the capitalist boss. We have the entire medical establishment that is part of the system, and yet it is a part of the system we can’t just simply ignore. People have died and will die if they ignore all the so called “social distancing” rules.
On top of the usual problems we have to face—such as imperialism, where the
Trump has assumed the authority to, as he says, “open the economy.” Trump, as with all Republicans, sees the economy as his life line to rule. He has no interest in seeing the economy tank, just because it will save someone’s life.
Some politicians and media pundits have challenged Trump’s assertion that he has the right to open the economy. As I have been writing here, there are times when it is in our personal interests to challenge what our leaders are telling us. However, testing out what the medical establishment has told us may not be such a good idea at this time.
I am in one of those “risk” groups. I am diabetic and I’m 65 years of age. That means I can easily die from that virus. So should I challenge our leaders on the “social distancing” rules? I don’t think so. I’m not that eager to die right now. If I have to, that is fine. If I can avoid it I will. I will also help others, as myself, who also don’t want to die right now. Here is a run down from The New York Times:

Trump Insists He Has ‘Total’ Authority to Supersede Governors

State leaders on both coasts are starting to debate how and when to reopen. The closure of a major meat processing plant could affect the nation’s food supply.
·                                 Published April 13, 2020Updated April 14, 2020, 8:45 a.m. ET,
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This briefing has ended. Follow ourlatest coverage of the coronavirus epidemic.

Here’s what you need to know:

·                                 Governors team up to discuss reopening their states. Trump asserts “total” authority to overrule them.
·                                 Trump defends his response and attacks the news media.
·                                 Business leaders and the C.D.C. warn that the economy will recover slowly.
·                                 A major meat plant’s closing could affect the food supply chain.
·                                 A stalemate in Congress over emergency aid seems likely to continue.
·                                 Facing testing backlogs, sick patients wait all night at drive-through sites.
·                                 Coronavirus concerns could lead to fewer measles vaccinations.

This country is under one of the most intense health problems of the last century and 1/2. At the same time, we have the most irresponsible, maniacal buffoon of a leader. We can’t allow such a buffoon to run this country into the ground. People my age and with the health problems we have, we need to push for health officials, who care about human life, to be able to make the important decisions as to when we open the economy. We can’t allow a psychopath to make these decisions based on what works for him and Wall Street. We are lucky that there are some state governors who have challenged Trump. Again, from The New York Times:

Governors team up to discuss reopening their states. Trump asserts “total” authority to overrule them.

Hours after two groups of governors announced that they were forming regional working groups to help plan when it would be safe to ease restrictions and reopen their economies, President Trump asserted in a White House news briefing that the authority to make such decisions rested with him.
“The president of the United Statescalls the shots,” Mr. Trump said. “They can’t do anything without the approval of the president of the United States.”
The announcements by the governors, who formed groups on both coasts, came hours after the president wrote on Twitter that such a decision lies with the president, not the states, and before he made the point more forcefully to reporters in Washington.

So at this time, I will focus on challenging Trump, a major ass hole who cares about opening the economy so he can get re-elected. I have chosen to support the medical establishment who are concerned about saving lives. Some of us are not willing to die in order to preserve Trump’s (and his party’s) economic plans. The economy will not die and if we play our cards right—we won’t have to die either.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has officially endorsed Samelys López- New York

April 19, 2020, 4:11 am
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Just recently I posted an editorial calling on Presidential contender Bernie Sanders to drop out of the race and let progressives focus on smaller races, where new progressive people are in tight races. This is probably the best way to pursue the progressive issues we all want to see pass. Another article I posted tried to claim that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezis turning her back on progressives and becoming more conservative. The following article shows that this isjust not true:
-SJ Otto

 

From AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez:
Alexandria has officially endorsed Samelys López as the progressive champion for New York’s 15th District. Today, we want your endorsement too.
Here’s the situation: Samelys is building a people-powered, progressive movement to defeat a series of moderate opponents. Her campaign is focused on a Housing for All Guarantee — because everyone has a basic right to a roof over their head.
New York’s 15th is the poorest district in the United States, despite being in one of the wealthiest cities in the world. Thousands of people live on the streets or in shelters as luxury apartment buildings have excessive vacancies. We need Samelys in the fight for social, racial, economic, and environmental justice.
Samelys spent part of her childhood on the streets — bouncing from shelter to shelter with her mother, not knowing what the future held.
The reason we trust her to fight with all her spirit for working people is because we know she has lived the struggle and understands that we have the power to change that reality.
Especially in a time of crisis like this, having Samelys in Congress is a critical priority. We need leaders who embody political courage and Samelys has shown that she’s not afraid to speak truth to power.
This is a highly contested primary. Samelys will need your help to win on her progressive platform of Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and a Housing Guarantee for All.

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Protesters believe their freedom is more important than other people’s lives

April 19, 2020, 10:48 am
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By SJ Otto

Suddenly there are people across the country that are protesting the national lockdown that prevents a lot of us from going out in public, such as staying out of bars and restaurant and other public gatherings. It is understandable that some people are upset that they have lost their jobs. But it is appalling that they are out protesting rules that are designed to keep some people from dying.
After watching a video from the BBC, in an article called “Coronavirus: US protests against and for lockdown restrictions,” I saw a man with a sign that said “live free or die.” Who gets to decide which ones of us get to die in order for them to live free? Another sign said “My Civil Rights Are Essential.” This person’s freedom is more important than other people’s lives. Many of these people are young enough and probably healthy enough that they are in no real danger of dying from the virus. Other people are not so lucky. People such as I may be over 6o as I am, or they may have diabetes or another condition that makes them more vulnerable to dying. Where is OUR right to live?
These protesters are so outrageous that I have noticed some people who are really upset by it on Facebook. For example:

Sheryl Connell They Should Not be admitted to hospitals or given ventilators if they choose to be stupid!
Donna L. Wirth
I am sick of people advocating for opening up when medical experts are not advocating for such WITHOUT ADEQUATE TESTING.
I ask each of these people to tell me which kids they are willing to have die (Dr. Oz says 2-3%). I ask them which others. You? Me? Relatives? Neighbors? Church friends? More teachers? More frontline workers? More healthcare providers? Only people they don't know? Only people in other communities?
I want to know their CUTOFF NUMBER OF DEATHS before they want to continue staying shutdown? It apparently is not 38,979, the count as of this AM.

And then there is the religious groups claiming that the governor of Kansas, Laura Kelly, is trying to stop freedom of religion, because she ordered limiting in-person religious gatherings to 10 people. Again from Facebook:
Usha Reddi
16 hrs
And now this...BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s order limiting in-person religious gatherings to 10 people.
Churches that have sued will be able to hold in-person services Sunday.
More soon from @MichaelStavola1
#ksleg
Barbara B Emerson Ass backwards Kansas.
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Barbara Yarnell Chamberlin What a foolish decision.
 
Some of these protesters are waving American flags, while others have that old rattle snake flag adopted by the Tea Party. I’ve seen protesters vigorously waving those flags as if they are trying to ward off evil spirits. 
The Coronovirus has brought out the worst in some Americans. Freedom does not allow people to choose reckless behavior that will result in people’s deaths. No one has the right to play god and decide who gets to live and who doesn’t. These protesters are selfish conservative people who believe their personal rights are more important than their neighbor’s lives. These people are disgusting.



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Bernie Sanders has Withdrawn from the Democratic Party Primary and Endorsed Joe Biden

April 21, 2020, 11:30 am
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Received from an my e-mail:

Though many of us have numerous criticisms of Bernie Sanders, especially his tendencies toward petty-bourgeois socialism and his weaker than preferred foreign policy, his political campaign was largely a net good for the American political discourse. It crops up miles and miles superior to anyone else running  in the Democratic Primary and Sanders was an obvious choice over Donald Trump. Unlike any other candidate, he brought conversations of class consciousness to the public spotlight and spoke to the real problems Americans endure. It is important to know that you can still vote in the Democratic Primary via mail in Kansasand any delegate will have sway over the DNC and Kansas Dems policy/positional hiring. We don’t advocate for taking part in bourgeois (elite) democracy more than just voting, however, there is some strategy in the short term in still assisting center to center-left policy within the Democratic Party. Outside of this We do not advocate voting for Joe Biden and believe to do so would be a material mistake as his candidacy would not improve the lives of working people in this country or any others over Donald Trump. They both suffer from the same ideology that will replicate the problems already existing in this country.

Bernie Sanders' decision to endorse Joe Biden isn’t surprising but it is disappointing. He has been hounded day after day about supporting the Democratic Nominee since 2015, so this shouldn’t have surprised you. In his view, his position in the senate is more important than him being an active enemy of the Democratic Party. That being said, Joe Biden represents everything Bernie campaigned against, and that should be a lesson to reformists. One way or another Bernie Sanders platform would have come to an end. We saw it with Jeremy Corbyn and we see it with Bernie Sanders. The Democratic Party, much like British Labour Party, cannot be reformed into submission. This is a time I think it is important to read Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg (Libertarian Marxist), The State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin (Marxist), and  Reformism by Errico Malatesta (Anarcho-Communist). In the best case scenario, the Elites of this country would have allowed petty small concessions to shut us up and then worked endlessly to make any leftist/socialist/labor movement die. See all the social democracies in the world: UK, Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, Germany, South Africa, etc. Obviously a better approach than what the United States is doing, but none of the problems of capitalism, class society, or a state based government can be resolved by asking it nicely to give up power. Reformism is only ever permitted in so far as to keep revolution at bay. We are not saying Bernie Sanders a fraud, what we are saying is that revolution cannot be done through asking, you must demand.

1.                                         Problems in the Bernie Sanders Campaign

·                     Petty-Bourgeois Socialism
·                                 Probably the worst thing that Bernie had a hand in was focusing on collaboration between the working class and petty-bourgeois (elite). For those that do not know, despite functioning similarly, the petty-bourgeois (elite) class are those people that have private ownership of the means of production (landlords, business owners, etc), but do not have the power or status to directly influence policy and the state like the bourgeois (elite) class. Socialists want the emancipation of all people; that does not mean that some people can oppress the working class even if it’s not as bad as what more powerful people are doing. Collective ownership is better than small/medium sized private ownership which is better than large/multinational private ownership, so why settle?
·                     Foreign Policy
·                                 Though Bernie has come around on some serious foreign policy gaffs like tepidly supporting the coups of Venezuelaand Bolivia, he doesn’t always question the intentions of the American Military Industrial Complex (to be fair, everyone else openly supports American imperialism and colonialism). Just because he was better, doesn’t mean his approach was good enough.
·                     Class Dynamics of the Democratic Party
·                                 The Democratic Party much like the Republic party is a bourgeois (elite) party who serves exclusively bourgeois (elite) interests. Any rhetoric in either party about public good, working class experiences, or populism always was and will always be in the service of the bourgeois (elite) class. The Dems focus on occasionally throwing a bone to marginalized groups and the Republicans focus on white working class conservative social opinions, but neither operate in a way that centers policies for working people. Bernie Sanders winning the nomination would have never been allowed to happen; his moderate social democratic policies are not in line with the AmericanStateand would be undermined one way or another.
·                     Liberal Capitulation
·                                 Liberals when attacking social democrats and socialists are rarely done in good faith. The Bernie Bro narrative was classist, racist, sexist, queerphobic, ableist, and generally xenophobic smear against his supporters. A lot of the attacks against Bernie and his campaign were pretty clear anti-semetic and classist smears. Him trying to appease the liberal pundit class was futile, all it did was low-key condone the abuse. No one should have to apologize for existing.
·                     Irregular Election Dynamics
·                                 I’m not saying there was election fraud, all We are saying is that at least half of the primary elections should be reviewed by a third party. The UN classifies election tampering when an election has a deviation of more than 4% between exit polls and final tallies. There were several primaries that had a discrepancy of over 10%. Let’s not even get into holding in-person elections during a global pandemic or clear manufacturing of consent by the mainstream media throughout this whole process. Bourgeois (elite) society always acts so brazenly because they have the power of the state.

2.     Success in the Bernie Sanders Campaign 

·                     Class Consciousness
·                                 The idea that Americans would publicly talk about class dynamics and use the phrase “working class” in mainstream political discourse is highly unusual. It’s been a rule for a long time to split the working class into the “poor” and the “middle” class, so that the members of the working class either seem needy/subservient or they are a part of bourgeois (elite) class that needs to fall in line. It’s been taboo in America since the beginning to publicly talk about how the majority of Americans are living as wage slaves and will likely never be a member of the propertied class.
·                     Nationalization/Public Ownership
·                                 Nationalization and tax based welfare capitalism doesn’t remove or fix any of the problems and contradictions of capitalism. These things do however lessen the strain on the working class and give more time and agency to people to affect more aggressive changes. Bernie Sanders' advocacy of growing the welfare programs would have only been a net benefit for working class people in the short term and would have been a nice jumping off point for further action. Americans now believe we can have more public/collectively owned goods and services, which is ultimately useful.
·                     Unionization/Strike Action
·                                 We have been undergoing the most number of strikes and unionizing in this country than has happened in decades, and this can be related to Bernie’s rhetoric. Now unions and big man politics have never been and will never be enough, however this is a nice change. Americans are realizing that collective action and community good are superior avenues for positive social change than individual social action and exclusively operating through electoral politics. Again, this has set the stage for the left to build and draw the American people further left.
·                     Activism as Politics
·                                 Bernie Sanders has used his momentum and campaign not only for fighting to try and win the presidency, but to push for important legislation as well as advocating for various activist issues and down-ballot candidates. #NotMeUs is a social movement that is tied into a wide variety of left-wing social activism: environmentalism, anti-racism, anti-imperialism, feminism, LGBTQ+ issues, etc.

3.                 What Now?

·                     Democratic Primary
·                                 Please register as a democrat if you are not and submit a mail in ballot. The more Bernie delegates we can win, the more we can undermine the right wing of the democratic party. We will never have power in that party, but at least we can put a thorn in its side as we destroy that worthless party. Once that is done, We encourage you to register as an independent.
·                                 Kansas Voter Registration
·                                 Request Mail-In-Ballot
·                     Electoral Politics
·                                 We advocate for a great expulsion out of the Democratic Party. Anyone who has known me (Steven) knows that though I am a communist, I do generally advocate for lesser evil-ism voting in a purple state like Kansas. Not this time. We are currently working on getting a local political party up and running at WMLA. All in all, we don’t know what party is going to take up the mantle of center-left and leftwing politics for this presidential election. It could be the Green Party (GP), Socialist Party USA (SPUSA), Party of Socialism and Liberation (PSL), Communist Party USA (CPUSA), Party of Communism USA (PCUSA), etc. We will keep you posted. Regardless you can’t register as anything other than Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or Independent in the state of Kansas.
·                                 Stay tuned, we are in talks with a couple of parties and the general strategy in terms of direct action and electoralism are currently in direct review.
·                     Social Activism
·                                 We need to keep doing what we were doing before. Keep agitating the general public and push policies to the left whenever possible. We have a mutual aid network to deal with some local issues. Please get involved in union and rent striking if at all possible. Use this time during the pandemic to brush up on political theory and social activism. Just because we are inside doesn’t mean we have to be sitting around twiddling our thumbs.

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Democrats have shot themselves in the foot

April 21, 2020, 11:39 am
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By SJ Otto
I received the article below in my e-mail. Since I got it, I can’t remember or find its source. It is well written and I like what it says. Unfortunately I have been talking to my friends and family and so far most of them will not support or even vote for Joe Biden. This is not much different from the last election we had. Many of my friends and family said they could not bring themselves to vote for Hillary Clinton. I supported Clinton and I had good reasons. Donald Trump was promising to get rid of Obamacare (Affordable Care Act). Hillary was promising to fix it. There were some other reasons to support Hillary—for example she would have been the first woman president in the US. But it was the health care issue that encouraged me to support Hillary. There was also the suspicion that Trump would be as bad as he turned out to be.
This time around the Democrats have chosen Joe Biden, who so far has not promised to change anything. I really don’t want four more years of Trump. But even I have a hard time promoting Biden for president. He has not promised to fix our health care problems. In fact he has been laughing at the idea of “health care for all.”
“Imagine what that would cost us,” he said a few months ago, in response to “health care for all.” My wife and I are spending a lot of our income on her diabetes medicines. He just laughs it off. We are not laughing. It is costing us a whole lot of money.
Once again most of my family and many of my friends will not support Biden. This time around I have even fewer reasons to encourage my friends and family to support Biden. I have one brother who has had trouble with his Social Security and he blames Biden for that.
So far Bernie Sanders and Biden have been in contact with each other. There are several months before the next election. If Biden is smart, he will meet with Sanders and come up with issues that will draw in some of the young people, who have worked for Sanders. If he doesn’t, I honestly don’t think he can win in November.
Too many pundits and politicians have tried to convince the Democrats they need to move to the middle or even to the right. Biden is very far to the right. A lot of young people are not interested in conservative politics. They can influence this elections and my guess is they will kill any chance that Biden has to win. The Democrats could have chosen between a number of candidates and they could have chosen some one with SOME progressive reasons to draw in the younger people. They picked the oldest and most reactionary candidate they could. I keep hearing people say: “these two are the same!”….“I don’t want Trump, so why should I vote for a Democrat who is just the same?”
A lot could happen between now and November. Unless things really change a lot, Trump can expect four more years in office. And we can be sure he will be much worse after the next election if he wins.   
This web site can not seriously ask people to vote for Biden as things stand right now.
One more point I want to make and it is in response to this portion of the below article:

“All in all, we don’t know what party is going to take up the mantle of center-left and leftwing politics for this presidential election. It could be the Green Party (GP), Socialist Party USA (SPUSA), Party of Socialism and Liberation (PSL), Communist Party USA (CPUSA), Party of Communism USA (PCUSA), etc. We will keep you posted.” 

The one party I can not endorse is the Greens Party. It is an anti-socialist party. It is not progressive or leftist. I can not endorse any Green candidates.
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Earth Day again—does anyone really care?

April 22, 2020, 9:26 pm
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By SJ Otto
This is Earth Day. We only have one earth. Out of 8 major planets, and a whole slew of midget planets and moons, the Earth is the only planet we can really use. Of the four inner planets, Mercury is the closest to the Sun. That planet has a north pole that has ice on it, because the Sun never shines on it. When the middle of the planet is facing the Sun, that is the equator of Mercury, the temperature is almost 900°. There is no atmosphere. For that reason the night side of Mercury is about minus 200°.
In contrast, the planet Venus is just slightly hotter, but has a thick atmosphere that holds in all the heat and the entire planet is more than 900°. It is actually hotter than Mercury and it is hot everywhere, not just the sunny side of the equator.
Past the Earth is the planet Mars. It is the most Earthlike planet and it is not all THAT Earth-like. It is colder. In the day it averages 50° to 30°. Late at night it is colder than the South Pole in the winter time. On the surface of the planet, the radiation from the sun kills any living things. Their may be some life below ground, but no one knows that yet. 
Past the inter-planets are the gas giants, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Those planets are giant balls of gas and there is no where to land on those planets or stand on them. Uranus and Neptune may have solid places to land, but the air pressure that far into them would crush any attempt by US astronauts to land there.
On Jupiter is the moon Europa, which has an ocean below the surface and life in it. On Saturn there is the moon Enceladus which also might have an ocean below and life in it. Then there is the moons Titan.
Titan is like a frozen Earth. It has organic molecules, liquid rain and lakes of methane and ethane. This moon has a very thick atmosphere, about twice as thick as Earth. It may have some kind of life.
When I saw the surface of that moon, from a NASA space ship, I realized there are some fascinating places in our own solar system. However the temperature on that moon is −290 °F.
The Earth is the only place we can really live and most humans have trashed this planet and they just don’t really care. We live under capitalism and under that system there is no concern over the destruction of our atmosphere, of our ecology and the other animals that share the Earth with us. As long as we live under this system, Earth Day will be nothing more than a joke. Saving our planet is a joke as long as we allow greedy capitalist trolls to run it.

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DSA members are serious about organizing

April 24, 2020, 7:10 am
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From Democratic Socialists of America
Maria Svart, DSA National Director,
Bernie’s 2020 campaign inspired people across the country. Thousands of them are now joining DSA, and long-time members are telling me they feel more committed than ever. Whether you’re a longtime or new member, I want to invite you to the launch of our new DSA Organizing School!
A better world is possible — but we have to fight for it. Our three part OrganizingSchool series will take a deeper dive into the political ideas and skills we need to win. With our demands like rent and eviction moratoriums, Medicare for All, and a Green New Deal, we have the opportunity during the worst public health and economic crisis of our lifetimes to transform our society. Join me for the first call Thursday, 4/30 at 8:00pm ET/7pm CT/6pm/5pm PT!
RSVP to Register
DSA members are serious about organizing and are ready to build multiracial working class power in your town, state and country. Our amazing team of DSA staff and members puts together programs like this OrganizingSchool to help us learn from each other as we take on the ruling class in these uncertain times. Join me on Thursday night to keep moving forward!
In solidarity,
Maria Svart
DSA National Director

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"Fake News" as portrayed by a "fake president!"

April 26, 2020, 9:34 am
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By SJ Otto
When it comes to the issue of the Coronavirus, I'm very concerned about this. I'm 65 years old. I am diabetic. These two factors make this virus very dangerous to me. I can easily die if I get this stuff.
So here is a video on our extremely stupid and idiotic president, Donald Trump.
Here is a major idiot pretending to be a president and he calls certain reporters "fake news." He is the fake. And he clearly cares little about the lives of his subjects.


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Progressive candidate Sharice Davids gets endorsement

April 28, 2020, 7:54 pm
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It is important to support the various progressive candidates running for office this year. –SJ Otto

This came from Elizabeth Warren:
Here in Kansas and across America, families are being hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. Now more than ever, we need to keep leaders like Sharice Davids in Washingtonto fight for a level playing field and opportunities for working families.

That’s why I’m proud to endorse Sharice for reelection.

Will you join me in supporting her campaign by pitching in $20.21 to keep her fighting for Kansas families in 2021 and beyond?



Sharice has been a champion for Kansas families, fighting to lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs, root out corruption, and end our epidemic of gun violence.

We need to keep her in the House and in the majority so that she can keep putting the people of KS-03 first.

Click here to pitch in $20.21 or any amount to keep Sharice working for families across America →
 
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May Day announcement by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

April 29, 2020, 12:24 am
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From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed how we don’t value our workers enough. Too often, the essential roles these workers play are invisibilized.
This May Day, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is joining together with nail salon workers, street vendors, domestic workers, laundry workers, and other workers for an hour of storytelling. We want you to be part of it.
If you can’t join, please pitch in to our re-election campaign so we can keep fighting for policies that help workers. We have an important fundraising goal to hit by April 30th, and we don’t have much time.
On the call, you’ll:
  • Hear important updates about policies to help workers at the federal level;
  • Listen to stories from essential and often-invisibilized workers; and
  • Learn how to be part of next steps to organize for working-class power.
Team AOC
 To contribute via check, please address to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress, PO Box 680080, Corona, NY11368.
Email us: us@ocasiocortez.com
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The Coronavirus has but a cramp on May Day 2020

May 1, 2020, 3:06 am
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By SJ Otto
Each year I do something to celebrate May Day, the international day of working people. Some years we have a pot luck dinner. Some years we have a march or parade. This year a lot has been changed due to the Coronavirus and the lockdown of our people and businesses in Kansas. There have been protests against the lock down by irrespsonsible right-wing people who care only about themselves. I am 65 years old and I have diabetes. That puts me in a category where I can easily die from the virus. So I have a good reason not to expose myself to that virus. When I go out in public I wear my bandana that I got when I visited El Salvador. It is red with a white star and it says “fmln” (Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front).

On years I have had no planned activities, I go to Kirby’s are a different bar and hoist a few beers just to honour this day. This year I can’t go anywhere. Thelockdown for Kansas may be over this Monday, which is May 4. According to Denver’s Channel 7:

“According to The Hill, Kansas'"Stay At Home" order expires on May 3. Gov. Laura Kelly says she plans to extend that order through May 14.”

So far I have not planned anything this year. I have not heard from either the Peace and Social Justice Center of South Central Kansas or the local Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). We can only hope that we get more accomplished next year at this time.

For a brief history of this day we have:

About 135 years ago, thousands of workers, mostly immigrants, took to the streets of Chicago in the United States, unfurling the claim of an eight-hour work day in protest against the overexploitation and oppression they were subjected to. They fought the forces of repression and several shed their blood in the combative struggles for the labor claim and the liberation of the class. On May 1, 1886, the trade union organizations agreed that the workers should impose the eight-hour day and close the doors of any factory that did not join. The eight-hour demand would turn, from an economic claim of the workers against their immediate bosses, into a political claim from one class against another. 
The leaflet that circulated in Chicago in 1885 already called for:
"A day of rebellion, not a day of rest! One day not ordered by the arrogant mouthpieces of the institutions that have handcuffed the workers! A day when the worker makes his own laws and has the power to execute them! All without the consent or approval of those who oppress and rule. One day, with tremendous strength, the united army of workers will mobilize against those who today dominate the destiny of the peoples of all nations. A day of protest against oppression and tyranny, against ignorance and wars of all kinds. One day to start enjoying eight hours of work, eight hours of rest and eight hours for whatever we please. "

The Brief Origins of May Day (From IWW)

By Eric Chase - 1993.
Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers' Day of May Day. For many others there is an assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state communist countries like Cuba or the former Soviet Union. Most Americans don't realize that May Day has its origins here in this country and is as "American" as baseball and apple pie, and stemmed from the pre-Christian holiday of Beltane, a celebration of rebirth and fertility.
In the late nineteenth century, the working class was in constant struggle to gain the 8-hour work day. Working conditions were severe and it was quite common to work 10 to 16 hour days in unsafe conditions. Death and injury were commonplace at many work places and inspired such books as Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Jack London's The Iron Heel. As early as the 1860's, working people agitated to shorten the workday without a cut in pay, but it wasn't until the late 1880's that organized labor was able to garner enough strength to declare the 8-hour workday. This proclamation was without consent of employers, yet demanded by many of the working class.
At this time, socialism was a new and attractive idea to working people, many of whom were drawn to its ideology of working class control over the production and distribution of all goods and services. Workers had seen first-hand that Capitalism benefited only their bosses, trading workers' lives for profit. Thousands of men, women and children were dying needlessly every year in the workplace, with life expectancy as low as their early twenties in some industries, and little hope but death of rising out of their destitution. Socialism offered another option.
A variety of socialist organizations sprung up throughout the later half of the 19th century, ranging from political parties to choir groups. In fact, many socialists were elected into governmental office by their constituency. But again, many of these socialists were ham-strung by the political process which was so evidently controlled by big business and the bi-partisan political machine. Tens of thousands of socialists broke ranks from their parties, rebuffed the entire political process, which was seen as nothing more than protection for the wealthy, and created anarchist groups throughout the country. Literally thousands of working people embraced the ideals of anarchism, which sought to put an end to all hierarchical structures (including government), emphasized worker controlled industry, and valued direct action over the bureaucratic political process. It is inaccurate to say that labor unions were "taken over" by anarchists and socialists, but rather anarchists and socialist made up the labor unions.
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The Local Democrats, along with Joe Biden and his friends, plan to stab us in the back!

May 1, 2020, 2:51 pm
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By SJ Otto
A lot of us would like to believe the Democrats are our friends. After all, we need an alternative to the constantly moving right-word Republican Party. Just when we think the Republicans have moved as far to the right as they can, they move farther to the right. Every few years they want to see just how far to the right they can go.
And Kansasis especially far to the right. Republicans can easily win every election. But if there is one thing worse than a far-far-far-far-far- to the right politician it is an opposition party that just takes it for granted that we will vote for them because—after all, they are THE OTHER PARTY.
We are supposed to see them as the party of the working class—the party of the common man. They are supposed to be the party that stands up for the little guy. It is because of this misconception that the local Democratic Party—a corporate party—barely different from the Republicans at times, they can do what ever they want. If we don’t like what they do—tough shit!
The way they have handled the Democratic Primary, this year, is a good example of just how elitist they are. They mailed out ballots for the primary election “a while ago.” According to Facebook:

Kathi Corbett-Otto Well, they already know your vote is for Biden so...
Leslie Kinder If he were voting for Trump, or Bernie or a rock, it's his right to vote, and he needs to do it.
Kathi Corbett-Otto Leslie Kinder oh, I agree, 100%! But the primaries are being rigged in favor of Biden, and part of that process includes making it harder to vote absentee.
Leslie Kinder No they are NOT.
The Democrats are saying who they want.

The DNC has not told any of us how to vote. EVER

The DNC has never rigged a vote and claims they have are not even close to proven. In fact, that was DEBUNKED in the Mueller repor

Leslie Kinder It is NOT hard to vote absentee.

You have to request a ballot. There is a deadline. The deadline has been in place for decades.

Take of your tin foil hat and learn how this works

Steve Otto Kathi Corbett-Otto you are totally right. They are ass holes.
Of course by now I can’t vote at all because I didn’t realize the ballot I got in the mail was my only chance to vote. I have voted in almost every election since I was 18 and I have to skip this election because I didn’t catch on to their elitist tricks.

The term “your tin foil hat” is the real tip off. These centrist Democrats show nothing more than contempt for the rest of us. We want changes in the health care system and the centrist have just laughed at us. We spend large parts of our income on diabetes medicine and Joe Biden and his ilk have just laughed at us. I guess if you have the income Sleepy Joe has, of course you can laugh at those who are having problems with the health care system. But my guess is that the same people who voted against Hillary, in the last election will vote the same way this year. That means four more years of Trump, after November.

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