Happy Labor Day to all. I am taking a few minutes to lurk around this site, and find out what has been going on over the last few days, and I thought that I would say a feww things apropos to the ongoing discussion. Labor Day in Detroit was an unusual mix of the same parade that has gone on for many years. Lots of good hard working folk...not much vitality. Followed by an event called Laborfest, in its second year, at the parade end, it featured labor art and culture with separate tents for all aspects of support. High on the agenda were performers, many local that included rappers, (not gangsta) folksingers, a gospel choir, jazz, the Detroit Federation of Musicians led the parade...and the day ended with Billy Bragg singing the Internationale, and Solidarity. The crowd loved it!!! The Labor movement is stirring again, and music is the at the heart of the movement.