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I hope you've spent your Labor Day weekend reflecting on what the
workers the holiday is supposed to be about mean to you personally as well as to the country as a whole. I've been thinking about music. From serious labor and protest music, to lighter fare. I hope you'll find something to ponder and something to smile about, then share your own topical songs in the comments.
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Working Class Hero - John Lennon This Green Day rendition is gorgeous. "Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV, and you think you're so clever and classless and free. But you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see.."
There Is Power In A Union - Billy Bragg "Money speaks for money, the devil for his own. Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone"
Bread & Roses - Mimi Fariña The song sets to music a 1911 poem by James Oppenheim. "As we come marching, marching, we bring the greater days. The rising of the women means the rising of the race."
Youngstown - Bruce Springsteen "Seven hundred tons of metal a day / Now sir you tell me the world's changed / Once I made you rich enough / Rich enough to forget my name"
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton "It's a rich man's game no matter what they call it. And you spend your life puttin' money in his wallet"
Heigh-Ho - Mr. Brillig suggested this... I chuckled, then found this rendition.
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From alizard:
This one from Bruce Webb give us a look Inside the Christian Right Dominionist Movement That's Undermining Democracy.
From Dragon5616:
I don't often nominate a comment from a diary by a banned user, but this quip by homogenius made me spew.
Pumpkins gone wild! Read belinda ridgewood's tale about cosmic orange vegetables in JanF's J Town: Got Post? today.
From Yours Truly, brillig:
Bensdad on reaction to Faux News taking Teamsters President James Hoffa out of context.
fat old man has a take on Sarah Palin I hadn't considered before.
From MinistryOfTruth's Bill Maher: Beat the Rich with a stick, Puddytat explains it's not how much the rich need.
Top Mojo for Sunday, September 4 excluding first comments/tip jars, courtesy of mik:
1) If people could understand and appreciate by bubbanomics — 131
2) No need. by IndieGuy — 124
3) Probably not; they'd be told that by Canis Aureus — 106
4) Thank Speaker Nancy Pelosi for all the bills she by marty marty — 106
5) Sorry for the harsh tone. by Lightbulb — 100
6) There are many sane solutions.... by bobswern — 98
7) I go outside and by Horace Boothroyd III — 97
8) Intelligent people would clean it up first by Dallasdoc — 92
9) The first step to peace by tmservo433 — 87
10) Intelligent people need to put this on by T800 — 85
11) Problem solved? by gjohnsit — 83
12) Even if your list is correct ... by ProgressiveMan — 82
13) The first step is the one that still amazes me. by The Troubadour — 76
14) Nate Silver already debunked the Republican myth by NoFortunateSon — 72
15) I am not satisfied by supercereal — 72
16) A Year to Go by CTPatriot — 66
17) It's calle the New Apostolic Reformation by Ellid — 66
18) another important contribution from you by philipmerrill — 65
19) Kind of a good summary of Obama in general by Pilkington — 65
20) Is this thing likely to hit by beltane — 64
21) Calling it the rise of neo-fascism applies. It's by Ray Pensador — 62
22) It's the Economy, Stupid! by number six — 61
23) Sorry for the reposting by cberlet — 61
24) Lightbulb, Why Is It That You Do Not Get by rebel ga — 60
25) This country, this administration by Damnit Janet — 60
26) As Early as Watergate I Saw Who Was Far More by Gooserock — 59
27) Welcome to third world America by Horace Boothroyd III — 59
28) if you are watching trends watch the growing by entlord — 59
29) Sorry you are having to endure this by Horace Boothroyd III — 58
30) this isn't fucking funny. by GlowNZ — 57