Photograph by Lea Suzuki, The Chronicle [sfgate.com]
Whether or not things are going to get better remains to be seen. But what is certain is that many of us do care; and apparently this is the case with the May Day protest this year, as it was the previous year, and as it hopefully will be next year as well. And most importantly, many people are beginning to care on both the big days and the little days; on days bearing immense symbolic value, like May Day does, as well as on those humble little days, the fragmented, low key, and often overlooked segments of our lives and our collective experience, which, nonetheless, gradually build up the big days and make them what they are. And when it comes to reflecting upon the latter, I think hope is a very good word.
Photograph by Latino activists participating in Occupy Oakland [occupyoakland.org]
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