Broadcast cable news is 24/7 news, at least that is how it is advertised. But, anyone who deigns to watch it realizes it is merely what Frank Zappa said about politics, which is that it is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.
In the early 1970s, Gil Scott-Heron sang and rapped "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." I often thought, well, maybe it would be, but only in a distorted pro-capitalists' interests way. But, last night, my parents admitted to me that, notwithstanding their watching corporate cable broadcast news 12-15 hours a day, they did not know there was a general strike going on in India that was 200 million workers and their families strong.
As this century continues, and hopefully not significantly ending the Anthropocene, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), affectionately known as the "Wobblies," may finally become the practical guide for workers throughout the planet.
