Jay UlfelderMay 29, 2023

A word cloud of the terms in all the verbatim signs and chants we recorded gives a fuller feel for the variety of claims, many of which were in Spanish.

Unsurprisingly, "workers" and "rights" were the most common terms, but "immigrant" and "legalization" also appeared frequently, as did the chant "El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido!"

Show threadJay UlfelderMay 30, 2023
Wow, I'm just discovering that the Democratic National Committee (so, the Democratic Party) didn't even put out a press release to mark International Workers' Day/May Day. Seems like such a layup for the purported party of labor to celebrate workers' rights, esp. when so many immigrants' rights groups and unions do. I guess the holiday skews too pinko for the American establishment, though, so the ever-risk-averse DNC does not touch it.
Show threadMakyris
@jayulfelder I kinda prefer they put their energy into opposing the GOP's roll-back of worker protections and workers rights, rather than worrying about a press release. Action is what I care about. The Republicans are the most vital problem here in our present day, to pretty much everyone, so focusing on imperfections in the Democratic party pretty much takes the eye off the ball of what is the most horrendous problem right now.
May 30, 2023 at 5:08pmWeb