Being a worker sucks
So today was may day, a huge economic and social boycott and general strike, with marches and other protests all over the place. My summary: I spent around $100, did laundry, fought with the man, did some work for the man, got exposed to a lot of chemicals, and made $6. I also didn't sleep enough. And I also took some likely really nice photos at the protest in Santa Barbara. And didn't take pictures of the student march that I saw--- didn't want to have to deal with parking the car (yes, I also drove today and had to buy gas). Bad day. It's always a bad may day when i don't get laid.I have a lot of criticisms of this current immigrant rights movement. Do you know how many black flags I saw today? None. How many of the thousands of american flags that i saw were upside down or on fire? None. There is very little criticism of the us government or the war. one speaker did talk about one of the us's wars in asia and sort of compared her immigration story to the experiences of latinos today, but there wasn't a lot of radical politics to be had.
And not to talk shit, but i didn't see anyone giving out indymedia flyers. or returning my calls about where i can edit my photos. it's ok, i'm going home tomorrow.
posted by mahtin @ 11:19 PM
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