tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12229254.post2518570095028434326..comments2023-10-01T11:09:42.394-04:00Comments on Blog with a View: Behind the Burlesquecruelanimalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045809979308725755noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12229254.post-76486211472805059372011-10-14T16:03:44.746-04:002011-10-14T16:03:44.746-04:00"They see us as servants. As people they can ..."They see us as servants. As people they can keep at the bottom. Not as people who want a better future for ourselves and for our children." Across Alabama this week, poultry and meat processing plants, including the giant Tyson, have been closed or put on limited production schedules because of an unofficial walkout by Hispanic workers. In the north of the state, the pungent smell of rotting tomatoes hangs in the air across huge tranches of land that has been virtually abandoned by workers who, through fear or anger, are no longer turning up to gather the harvest.. – Manchester Guardian<br /><br /><br />Police State<br /><br />Everybody keep quiet. Let those shadows<br />Authorities cast make no one disappear.<br />Don’t hold it against cops personally.<br />We all got jobs to do that we don’t like.<br /><br />Now it’s too easy to get rid of whoever<br />Makes better money than you. to clear<br />A space in the meat market and rise<br />To join an elite force with health insurance.<br /><br />They say you need a birth certificate<br />To be part of this country, the rich part,<br />The part that can get through a metal detector<br />Fully armed with automatic weapons.<br /><br />Whoever works in poultry needs proof,<br />Whoever works in factory assembly lines,<br />Whoever flips burgers or cleans kitchens,<br />Whoever does the laundry needs proof.<br /><br />They have to prove those are their children<br />Before taking care of yours. For the privilege <br />Of living on freedom, they have to prove<br />They can take care of themselves.<br /><br />Just like the rest of us, most have to compromise<br />Principles to get anything done, to get the state<br />To make special deals for building a plant there,<br />And guarantee loans don’t have to be paid back.<br /><br />There are exceptions to every rule and they live<br />At the top, offshore, out of the country, on their own<br />Private island in the South Seas, feeding off<br />Networks from their satellites in space.<br /><br />It’s true what is said about the road to hell.<br />It’s paved with gold fillings from the genocide.<br />And it’s not as long a road as you might think,<br />Almost nobody there speaks English.<br /><br />[Disposable Poem October 14, 20001]<br />Dr, MikeDr. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477774398775735186noreply@blogger.com