Labor Day-- A Weekend For Shopping?

In the video above AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka is asking us to pledge that we all get involved with a program to put Americans back to work. That sounds like a good thing to do, especially for this Labor Day weekend. And I got this message from Rob Zerban today, the Democrat running to replace anti-worker fanatic Paul Ryan in southeast Wisconsin:

"Every Labor Day, we have a special opportunity to celebrate the hard-working people that built our country and created our middle class. We also honor the labor movement for their sacrifices and successes in ensuring rights and protections for American workers.
 
"Now more than ever, America's middle class finds itself under assault by Republicans like Paul Ryan, who serve distant corporations that practice a brand of reckless greed not seen in generations. Lax regulations, corporate welfare, and irresponsible executives have caused enormous economic pain and threaten the very existence of the middle class. 
 
"Labor Day is a time for Americans to relax, but this year, when they return to their job-- if they have one-- they will find smaller paychecks, fewer benefits and even fewer workplace protections. It's time we find the balance that brings workers to the table with executives to find a common way to prosperity so we can grow our economy and rebuild the middle class."

Also a good idea. But most Americans-- like by far-- are looking forward to this weekend as an escape from the harsher and harsher realities our ruling elites are inflicting on us. And one of the premiere escapes-- almost on a par with eating and sleeping-- is shopping. And I'm not going to put it down. I just want to ask you to be careful about it:

The GOP™ get most of their campaign funding from corporations. When you buy products from these corporations, you are giving them money to give to the GOP™. You are not a bad person. This information is not advertised to you. Besides, if you have a life and things to do, it's hard to keep track of everything. I understand.

There is only one thing we can do besides voting (please do this).

We must start a boycott movement.

Not just a boycott, but a boycott movement. Don't boycott for a month. Boycott forever.

If you bring down the ones funding the Republican Party™, you bring down the Republican Party™. And please don't feel bad about it. They've been doing it to us for years. The GOP™ war on unions is one part to give corporations more power by destroying unions that secure worker's rights and benefits to make the corporations more money, and the other part to destroy the Democrats #1 donors.

We need to go big or go home. We need a nationwide boycott of those trying buy this country out from underneath us.

I'm going to list some of the GOP's™ top donors. The companies that fund them and the products they make. Please print this or write this down and stop buying these products and services. We can shake things up and make a difference, all we have to do is work together.


BOYCOTT: GOP™ Donors

KOCH Industries contributed $2,147,513 to the Republican Party™ in 2010 and are a major force behind the Teaparty™ and the Wisconsin GOP's™ Anti-Union Measure.

KOCH Industries products include...

                              

Angel Soft® toilet paper
Brawny® paper towels
Quilted Northern® toilet paper
Soft n' Gentle® toilet paper
Dixie® plates, bowls, napkins, & cups
Mardi Gras® napkins and towels
Sparkle® napkins
Vanity Fair® napkins
Zee® Napkins
Georgia-Pacific® paper products, lumber and building products
INVISTA® products
Lycra® products
Stainmaster® Carpet

Last weekend we looked at why we ought to look for alternatives to Republican Party funding operations like Gold's Gym and the Omni hotel chain. Among the other funders of American fascism are AT&T, Fox, Aflac, UPS, ExxonMobil, Target, Home Depot and CitiGroup. Labor Day weekend... a good time to think about alternatives to all these products and companies working towards enslaving our families.