I think about this constantly.
Worker: Come on then. Start shooting. You haven’t got enough bullets for all of us. Whoever’s left will beat the living piss out of you.
Ineffectual cowardly dipshit: You can’t talk to us like that.
Worker: SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Thank you all for your massive show of support for our Saint Paul Community Education Labor Movement class. We’re bringing it back for the Summer 2025 session. Your 2,373,851 direct messages of support and your enthusiasm for The Labor Movement are humbling. #MillionsAndMillions
Ancient evildoers offer this prayer.
“May God deliver us from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the courage of labor union organizers.”
“The Labor Movement has been the core of our nation's progress, and the driving force behind our democratic ideals.” Future President of these more equitable and just United States Sturgill Simpson.
“Think piece” losers and billionaires aren’t going to swoop down from their mansions to save us. We can’t consume our way out of unfairness and avoidable misery. We have to save each other by organizing.
Your friends, neighbors, and relatives on the verge of discovering their power: We’re disappointed about the lack of fairness in our society. Where do we find hope?
The American Labor Movement: Hold our beer.
Nobody:
Me, shrieking uncontrollably: THERE’S A NEW BOOK ABOUT ORGANIZING IN AMERICA, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE LABOR MOVEMENT! IT’S COMING OUT IN AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR! SHOW OF HANDS, WHO ELSE IS BURSTING WITH EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS?!!!
Everyone else in line at Cub Foods:
“I take the position, if we can have full employment and full production for the negative ends of war, then why can’t we have a job for every American in the pursuit of peace.” Joe Rogan, probably.