Labor Party
Workers have had a banner couple of years under the pandemic. Commanding better pay, unionizing where possible, going fully remote permanently, and resigning in droves. Workers have forever been under assault from entrenched corporate greed to suppress their collective power, and now face the impending threat of the automation of jobs a myriad of careers. America is a place where we praise John Henry for working himself to death for the company and not the company sacrificing for the worker. It’s time to reverse that.
The Halfway Point
"Running to Stand Still" is the title of the 5th track on U2's 1980 Joshua Tree album. A song that I think aptly describes 2020 up to its midpoint, when I started to write this post. For the first time in a while, I felt the compounded weight of multiple crises stacked concurrently on one another. Each struggle equally demanding my full attention. I have on more than one occasion felt lost in the malaise of overwhelming tension and worry. Ryan Holiday's "The Daily Stoic" and meditation have been the release valves that have helped me maintain focus and peace. I have been lucky and fortunate to have not have been as impacted as others.
Voting Rights are the End Game
Conservatives will circle the wagons when it comes to guns, taxes and abortion; whether it works against their own self-interest or highlights some glaring nuances in their ideology. I think it's time for non-conservatives to rally around a single goal that is likely to be the political end game. Voting Rights. We should shelve identity politics, social reforms, environmental debates, and all other feel good topics until we achieve a system of fully enforced and uniform voting rights. What does that mean?