{"id":1604,"date":"2014-05-01T21:42:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T01:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2014-05-01T21:45:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T01:45:58","slug":"may-day-mayday-mash-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.profligategrace.com\/?p=1604","title":{"rendered":"May Day Mayday Mash-up . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m working on a little effort to encourage people in North Carolina to say the words \u201cLabor Union\u201d (without epithet) in a prayer, sermon, or song at a service of faith the weekend before Labor Day.\u00a0 We are calling it \u201cLabor Sabbath,\u201d and we will have a nifty website up soon.\u00a0 In correspondence with another activist about this, she asked if I meant May 1 or September 1.\u00a0 I snorted my morning tea out my nose.\u00a0 As IF!\u00a0 It will be a long game to encourage conversations about Labor Unions on Labor Day Weekend.\u00a0 May Day is a gift to many people, but not a gift I can take to congregations right now.\u00a0 Working on labor justice in North Carolina requires patience and whimsy.\u00a0 It also requires collaboration across meaningful divides on the left, because the anti-justice people collaborate quite well, thank you. \u00a0Inter-racial, pro-labor populism in North Carolina has been squished by the neo-liberal, pro-business dudes and the old, conservative dudes for too long.\u00a0 (See here, especially \u201cTwo Men and a Bargain<\/a>\u201d: , here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.)\u00a0 The good news is that inter-racial, worker populism must be pretty darned powerful, or else liberals and conservatives would not have been so willing to collaborate with one another to keep labor unions at bay.\u00a0 So . . . with cheers for both May 1 and September 1, here is my own May Day Mayday Mash-up.\u00a0 I will be dancing intermittently during the day, as I grade lots and lots of (mostly wonderful) student papers . . .<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4xmckWVPRaI&feature=kp<\/a>\u00a0 (Bonus quiz: Why is Twisted Sister more fun than The Who?\u00a0 Answer: WHIMSY!\u00a0 Plus, note that kiddies are reassured repeatedly that dad is ok, just stunned.)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I8_RY0x3GI0<\/a> (Don\u2019t Frack with us!\u00a0 Love it!\u00a0 And more here:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LQSNVQStnZ4<\/a> and here http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8kd_sWRsphE<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

And, while we are in Wisconsin, LOVE the bagpipes!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l6hZA0c4cDE<\/a>\u00a0 love the kilts too ; )<\/p>\n

This one doesn\u2019t have a beat, but it has serious SOUL!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=so1PYBCn_5o<\/a><\/p>\n

Ah beloveds, let\u2019s get down to business!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk<\/a><\/p>\n

And, yes, just because I need this periodically.\u00a0 Love Belinda!\u00a0 Jump Back!\u00a0 (I ain\u2019t apologizing for nothing.)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CRwR33FLmrI<\/a><\/p>\n

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