Capitalism fails on a regular time frame.The best time this country ever saw was when unions had power.

I first read it in high school and it became a major influence on my views regarding politics and religion. I hope they're still making kids read it today.

explains Chaplin's speech at the end of The Great Dictator.

Rachel Maddow received the Steinbeck Award this year, btw. His son said his father would have loved her.

...."Bound for Glory". I love Woody's music, it is as pertinent today as it was back then.

I can learn to sing these songs a cappella.

Sometimes the "people" move ahead in certain societies; sometimes we fall back. I support people and groups who I believe have a desire for a kinder and inclusive future. The struggle will continue because it is good. Will the light triumph over the dark side anytime soon? I'm not sure I know what that would look like. Occupy

my wife finds it too depressing, but I find it inspiring, that we came back from that terrible depression, maybe we can do it again.

going back to folks who trod our same paths through perilous times...when actually the issues weren't much different...(except that many of us think our Tech Age has evolved us way past early 20th Century)...yet...the problems remain and it's good to read or watch history...because they say: History doesn't repeat...yet it rhymes."

Thanks for this post.

I listened to MLK's "All labor has dignity" speech on Pacifica Radio yesterday. Soooo powerful, and still so relevant.....peace