Re: May day

[boddhisatva <kbevans@xxxxxxxxx>]

		To whom...,


	For Marxists it's worth considering that mayday predates unions
and socialism.  The celebration of nature and love that mayday has always
represented can get lost in images of parades inspired by class struggle.
That older tradition reminds us that class struggle is not just about
winning, but about the prize one wins - community.  As reds and greens
come together, the mayday that celebrates spring is reborn into the mayday
that conjures images of Red Square (for that matter, earth day is Lenin's
birthday as well).  Neither are the may pole and the red flag and picket
sign so far away from each other.  They are all affirmations of community
and hopes for a prosperous future.  In that way, while it is clear the
Clinton's mayday is a sham and a mockery, I don't find it too depressing,
as an American. There will come a day when patriotism does not sting so
badly.  There will come a day when honoring one's country will be honoring
the true and whole community that makes up that country.  There will come
a day when the stars and stripes are no more fearful than a maypole.


	Screw Clinton, he can't ruin my mayday.  Best of luck everyone,
and let us, as socialist, go " a maying".


	peace