#eugene mao mao

[thesecretingredientislove]

Calling the authorities

[talesoftheraysen]

An assortment of Rebirth (and Johnny) characters bios, translated by CamelieMimika and proofread by Seine.

[zunshiner]

Adorababy is precious

[adorabat-gifs]

[sweet-suzume]

[frida-kahl-of-the-rocky-horror]

Okay, @sihatn wishes to be so hung up on the particular war crime the Israeli government is using to excessively slaughter innocent Palestinian civilians, so let’s explain the difference between Genocide, Ethnocide, and Ethnic Cleansing:

Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group

Examples: The Armenian Genocide (where the term actually originates), the Shoah/Holocaust, Taíno Genocide, and Rwandan Genocide to name a few.

I have seen some Zionists on this platform and on Instagram argue that Israel cannot be committing Genocide because it is a “very specific instance in history that only includes the Holocaust”. That fact is ardently incorrect. For one, the first event to be called a Genocide and where the term was coined was the Armenian Genocide and countless events have been labeled a Genocide since 1943/1944 when the term was initially coined (including events coined after the fact that had already happened like the aforementioned Taíno Genocide).

Ethnocide: the deliberate and systematic destruction of the culture of an ethnic group or nation without deliberately killing large numbers of people within that ethnic group or nation

Think “kill the Indian, save the man”, the American and Canadian policy against American Indian tribes and First Nations that sought to forcibly assimilate them into W.A.S.P. culture. A similar policy occurred in Hawaii during the “Republic of Hawaii” and “Territory of Hawaii” days, and even the destruction of Yiddish Culture by Zionists in Israel who feared it for being “too Middle Eastern”. Most Re-Education camps fall in this category too.

Ethic Cleansing: the mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society

This term is relatively new and was coined in the aftermath of the collapse of Yugoslavia and Serbia’s treatment of Croats, Bosnians, and other ethnic minorities, as well as the Stalinist movement of ethnic minorities to different SSRs.

Mass Homicide: the deliberate killing of a large number of people

The only distinction here is the people are not being killed because of their ethnicity or nation, but for ✨ other reasons ✨

Now here’s the kicker, most Zionists would say they are committing Ethnic Cleansing. They might not say it out right, because the term has a nasty connotation, but they will say they’re doing the definition of ethnic cleansing.

Some propaganda reblogging Zionists might claim that they’re just committing Mass Homicide but here’s the thing, almost every example of mass homicide being committed by one nation to another nation has been an example of one of the first three categories. The only real examples of Mass Homicide actually being Mass Homicide occur within a state (see Mao famines, Pol Pot’s mass killings, or the countless purging of communists or anti communists during the Cold War).

Some (wrong) historians may claim the Bengal Famine and Irish Potato Famine were examples of mass Homicide but here’s the thing, in both cases aid from other nations and governments were barred from entering the effected places because the UK forbid it. Food exports were forced to continue to come from Ireland and Bengal because the UK forced it. The reasons these famines were so severe was because the UK had a eugenics inspired belief that the Irish and Bengalis were “sub human animals” and “less deserving of food than the Brits”.

The Irish Potato Famine and Bengali Famine were Genocides, with famine being the preferred method of killing.

Was it intentional at first? Maybe not. Did it become intentional after the fact? Yes.

But this takes us to the most important point. The difference between Genocide, Ethnocide, and Ethnic Cleansing AND Mass Homicide is the intent.

But the intent isn’t truly known until after the fact, when internal government documents are released and the facts of the situation are holistically known.

The Jews/Poles/Romani/etc knew they were going through a Genocide (or well, they didn’t know the word, but they knew what was happening) but most of the outside world didn’t because the N@zis were secretive about it. Yes some activists and Jewish/Polish/Romani/etc diaspora groups warned other governments, but these other governments (US, UK, USSR, China, France, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Italy even) were skeptical.

We don’t full know intent now, but given Herzl and Jabotinsky’s rhetoric which essentially established modern day Zionism and the Israeli state, and the establishment of Area C for Israeli settlement after conflict in the West Bank, the fact that Israel has threatened a Second Nakba, an event internationally acknowledged as ethnic cleansing, the fact that there are oil reserves underneath Gaza and the forcing of 2 million people into an airport sized camp would allow Israel to open up drilling where the ruins of Gaza city lay, or the fact that Israel is an Ethnonationalist country that relies on the superiority of Israelis over Palestinians and other neighbouring countries in order to exist makes the intent known to those of us familiar with the history of this conflict.

Ok ok ok ok ok here’s where I M. Night Shyamalan this whole thing: Genocide, Ethnocide, and Ethnic Cleansing are all the same crime according to multinational organizations like the United Nations. They are all Genocide.

All Ethnocides are Genocides, but not all Genocides are Ethnocides.

All Ethnic Cleansings are Genocides, but not all Genocides are Ethnic Cleansings.

The Nakba was an Ethnic Cleansing, therefore the Nakba was a Genocide.

The Netanyahu administration claims that their on going attack on Gaza is a “new Nakba”.

Nakba = Ethnic Cleansing = Genocide

The Netanyahu administration claims that their on going attack on Gaza is a “new Genocide”.

Genocide carries with it negative connotations. If the term was as widely used in 1944 as it is today, Hitler would deny genocide allegations, just as the Turkish continue to deny genocide allegations from the Armenian Genocide, why the Japanese continue to deny Genocide Allegations during their rule of Korea, Taiwan, parts of Micronesia, Manchuria, and Nanjing. Why the British refuse to acknowledge the Irish Potato Famine or Bengal Famine as Genocides. Why the conservative right want to ban the teaching of American genocides against countless groups (namely Native Americans, African Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Chicanos). And why Zionists get so offended when you refer to the actions of Israel as a Genocide.

Those who commit Genocide will never acknowledge that they are committing genocide. The fact that the current mainstream Zionist reaction, like @sihatn, is to deny that the ongoing genocide exists just proves that one is happening… if the horrific videos didn’t prove it enough (this one is from an American pro Israel source, but it doesn’t not take long to find ones from individuals in Gaza)

In conclusion, Israel is committing a genocide, and if you say otherwise, you are blinded by Ethnonationalism just like the Germans were in the 30s/40s, the Turks were during the 10s/20s and onward, the Brits were for (well forever), and the American right wing is.

If you don’t acknowledge the fact that Israel is committing a Genocide you are part of the problem shawty, and it’s not a good look 😬

[omomao]

HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY 🏳️‍⚧️ (except I’m late) 31/3/24

Characters in order of appearance and basic hc:

Mao (sona), Rapunzel (nb), Eugene (trans man), Bot (nb), Trixie (trans woman), Manny (trans man), Twilight (trans masc), Fluttershy (trans woman), Paintbrush (nb), Lightbulb (trans woman), Varian (trans man), Herbert west (trans man), OJ (trans man), Audrey (trans woman), Seymour (trans man)

Most of these art hcs, but Bot, Paintbrush, And lightbulb are canonically trans :-]

I rushed this a lot, so I’m not sure if I like how some of the characters turned out, but I’m glad I finished something for one

Oh my god these tags, I hit the fucking limit sob

[hungwy]

the Redditor who claimed The Chinese are dumb at geopolitics "because Mao killed off all the smart people so the only ones left are culturally and genetically stupid" (not an actual quote just a summary [yes he believes in intelligence-based eugenics]) is a senior associate at a law firm who loves wrestling, says "reeee", calls Japan incomparable to other nations in its greatness, and posts on r/wallstreetbets. Also seemingly a halo lore scholar

[kiara-w]

can you draw eugene kissing baby adorabat's cheek while mao mao taking pictures?

I'm not taking art requests, but this ask was a good excuse to draw mao mao characters again. Thanks for that!

[cypher-droid]

Inanimate Insanity x MaoMao AU cast and crap.

Mao Mao = Knife

Badgerclops = Pickle/Microphone (dk)

Adorabat = Bot

King Snugglemane = Silver Spoon

Tanya Keys = Taco

Bao Bao = Box (maybe)

Eugene (Adorabat's Dad) = Fan

Sonara (Adorabat's Mom) = Test Tube

Ol' Blue = Blueberry

[Havent decided on the sky pirates and the sweetypies]

[awakefor48hours]

(Based on a dream I had)

Sonara to Adorabat: from me, you’ve inherited my sense of adventure Eugene to Adorabat: from me, you’ve inherited my love of the world Badgerclops: from me, you’ve inherited my creativity Mao Mao to Adorabat: and from me, you’ve inherited my autism

[tales-of-asteria]

[Special Gacha] Cat Café Duration: 2/13 (Mon) 16:00 ~ 3/3 (Fri) 15:59

Chance to get Bond Awakening enabled 5☆ Edna [Cat Café], Senel [Cat Café] and Mao [Cat Café].

The already-running awakening partners Zaveid, Shirley and Eugene can be used to awaken Edna, Senel and Mao respectively.

✶ This gacha features a 5 Step Up gacha, where you pay a discounted rate to draw 10 characters and continuously raise your chances of pulling a 5☆. Steps will not be resetted even if you get a featured 5☆.

✶ You will also get rewards after a certain number of steps, and with the 15th you will be able to choose one of the featured characters (you need a total of 660 Asteria Stones to reach the 15th step).

In this gacha will also reappear other Bond Awakening enabled 5☆ characters. The rates of this gacha’s featured characters will be higher than other 5☆.

A special pick up event will be held, where one of the featured characters will have the summon rate higher than the others on certain days:

Edna: from 2/17 (Fri) 16:00 to 2/20 (Mon) 15:59

Senel: from 2/20 (Mon) 16:00 to 2/23 (Thu) 14:59

Mao: from 2/23 (Thu) 16:00 to 2/26 (Sun) 15:59

For the event, the single daily pull will cost 3 Asteria Stones instead of 5.

There’s also the paid option to get a 5☆ character with a multi-roll.

(More on Awakening here, and on Bond Awakening here)

Characters artes and skills details:

Light 5☆ Edna

Stats at LV80 HP: 23,700 | Power: 2,010 | Defense: 2,370

Mystic Arte: シューティングスター Shooting Stars Power: 200% (Target: Single) | Hits: 81 | OL: 45 (high hit type)

Arte1 - エアプレッシャー Air Pressure Power: 150% (Target: All) | Hits: 18 | Activation: 50%

Arte2 - ハートレスサークル Healing Circle Heals all by 30% | Activation: 30%

Arte3 - レジストスレイブ Soul Syphon Light attack +50% | Activation: 20%

Co-op skill: Guard 8 (defense type) Decreases by 74% the damage taken from one of the enemy's attacks. (wait time 00:50)

Light 6☆ Edna

Stats at LV80 HP: 27,700 | Power: 2,210 | Defense: 2,770

EX Skill: Increases the light members' attack by 2000, and has 70% chance to prevent seal

Mystic Arte (OverLimit gauge at MAX): シューティングスター Shooting Stars Power: 200% (Target: Single) | Hits: 81 | OL: 45 (high hit type) Bond Awakening Bonus: Hit count +9

Mystic Arte (Awakened Mode OverLimit): シューティングスター Shooting Stars Power: 200% (Target: Single) | Hits: 150 | OL: 90 (45+45) (high hit type) Bond Awakening Bonus: Light members' attack +100% (activated turn)

Arte effects added by Bond Awakening:

Arte1 - エアプレッシャー Air Pressure Heals the light members by 20%

Arte2 - ハートレスサークル Healing Circle Light members' defense +30% (2 turns)

Arte3 - レジストスレイブ Soul Syphon Unseal the light members

(Co-op skill is the same as the 5☆)

Fire 5☆ Senel Coolidge

Stats at LV80 HP: 23,000 | Power: 2,320 | Defense: 2,130

Mystic Arte: 殺撃幻竜陣 Phantom Dragon Flurry Power: 200% (Target: All) | Hits: 50 | OL: 20 (high hit & fast OL charge type)

Arte1 - 爆撃掌 Demon Blast Power: 210% (Target: All) | Hits: 4 | Activation: 50%

Arte2 - 迫撃剛招来 Impact Coil Power: 310% (Target: All) | Hits: 4 | Activation: 35%

Arte3 - 竜凰天駆 Dragon Strike Power: 410% (Target: All) | Hits: 10 | Activation: 15%

Co-op skill: Fire Attack 9 + Chain Plus (attack type) Performs a fire physical attack with 245% of power. Also, the chain counter number will increase by 10 (only if the chain is active). (wait time 00:50)

Fire 6☆ Senel Coolidge

Stats at LV80 HP: 26,400 | Power: 2,710 | Defense: 2,400

EX Skill: The fire members' attack and defense will be increased by 30% for each enemy

Mystic Arte (OverLimit gauge at MAX): 殺撃幻竜陣 Phantom Dragon Flurry Power: 200% (Target: All) | Hits: 50 | OL: 20 (high hit & fast OL charge type) Bond Awakening Bonus: Shield damage +200%

Mystic Arte (Awakened Mode OverLimit): 殺撃幻竜陣 Phantom Dragon Flurry Power: 550% (Target: All) | Hits: 130 | OL: 65 (20+45) (high hit & finish type) Bond Awakening Bonus: Hit count +15

Arte effects added by Bond Awakening:

Arte1 - 爆撃掌 Demon Blast Critical rate +50%

Arte2 - 迫撃剛招来 Impact Coil Fire members' attack +30% (2 turns)

Arte3 - 竜凰天駆 Dragon Strike Break gauge damage +80%

(Co-op skill is the same as the 5☆)

Dark 5☆ Mao

Stats at LV80 HP: 24,300 | Power: 2,010 | Defense: 2,310

Mystic Arte: インフェルノドライブ Inferno Drive Power: 310% (Target: Single) | Hits: 81 | OL: 45 (high hit type)

Arte1 - アーチシェイド Arch Shade Power: 200% (Target: Single) | Hits: 10 | Activation: 40%

Arte2 - ブラッディクロス Bloody Cross Power: 200% (Target: All) | Hits: 12 | Activation: 40%

Arte3 - フィアフルストーム Fearful Storm Enemy Defense DOWN: 20% (Target: Single) | Activation: 20%

Co-op skill: Magic Defense Long Boost 8 (defense type) Increases magic defense by 75%  for 360 seconds. (wait time 06:00)

Dark 6☆ Mao

Stats at LV80 HP: 28,300 | Power: 2,210 | Defense: 2,710

EX Skill: The dark party members’ OverLimit gauge will be powered by 4 points once for every turn

Mystic Arte (OverLimit gauge at MAX): インフェルノドライブ Inferno Drive Power: 310% (Target: Single) | Hits: 81 | OL: 45 (high hit type) Bond Awakening Bonus: Dark members' attack +40% (activated turn)

Mystic Arte (Awakened Mode OverLimit): インフェルノドライブ Inferno Drive Power: 310% (Target: Single) | Hits: 150 | OL: 88 (45+43) (high hit type) Bond Awakening Bonus: Target enemy defense -40% (activated turn)

Arte effects added by Bond Awakening:

Arte1 - アーチシェイド Arch Shade Dark members' attack +20% (2 turns)

Arte2 - ブラッディクロス Bloody Cross All enemies' defense -10% (activated turn)

Arte3 - フィアフルストーム Fearful Storm +15 points to own OL gauge

(Co-op skill is the same as the 5☆)

[espopstar]

I see... Could you list some characters, as well the specific fairytale roles they play, please? What are some that you like the most, in this alternate universe concept?

OKAAY OKAY OKAY OKAY SO There's a lot of fairytale overlap and like 50 characters in Enstars (Trying to add the trainees too somehow) so I'll get the ones I like most/find most important. Anyone can ask about any characters or stories they're more curious about. You can also ask about not-listed fairytales cuz it might be in the AU

Ritsu - Rapunzel - Goofy animal in The Princess Who Never Smiled (Minor moment) - Red Riding Hood (And the Huntsman? And Grandma?) Mao - Prince who saved Rapunzel (not Eugene because this AU isn't Disney-based) - The Hunstman maybe? (Little Red Riding Hood) Koga - The Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood) Rei - The Witch (Hansel and Gretel) - The. Other Witch (Rapunzel) - Main antagonist of Ritsu's story (Is well-intentioned though)

Shu (A dragon in human form) - Geppetto - The Emperor (The Nightingale) - Jack's Mother (Jack and the Beanstalk) Mika - Pinnochio - Jack (Jack and the Beanstalk) Nazuna - The Nightingale

Tsukasa - Goofy frog in The Princess Who Never Smiled (Minor moment) - The Frog Prince Tori - The Princess who turns the frog back (Attempting to flesh out their story with some basic things planned)

Hiiro - Cinderella Rinne - The bean salesman (Jack and the Beanstalk) - Fairy Godmother (Not Cinderella step-sister) Aira - Cinderella's prince

[chronostachyon]

Came across your responses to the post about spiderverse nimona and anarchism\communism, loved the tags too, thank you for your responses!

This is long and mostly not related to your ask, but since you liked my tag ramble I thought I'd share my deeper thoughts on the matter.

Firstly, I think anarchists and MLs waste so much energy by fighting amongst ourselves rather than paying attention to the fact that we hold more beliefs in common than anything. I suspect there's a lot of disinfo from capitalist regimes to try to divide us; we know for a fact thanks to FOIA that the US government (CIA and FBI) has infiltrated both in the past, in order to keep us divided and bickering! Both the anarchist and ML camps have bad actors, many of which are being encouraged by imperialist plants, capitalist propaganda, and/or the unquenchable human instinct for groupthink, but there are a lot of genuinely good people doing genuinely good work in both camps too, and it makes me sad that we don't work together more often.

One of the reasons I consider myself an anarcho-communist, rather than a Marxist-Leninist or pure Marxist of any stripe, is because of an insight I got from Marx himself! Among their many reading sources, anarchists should read Marx too! But Marx also got bogged down in the idea that revolution had to be a process achieved through violent overthrow of the capitalist state, and replacing it with a new state, rather than eroding the capitalist state at the foundations until it washed away as he'd originally envisioned in his Manifesto / Das Kapital era. He also lost sight of the fact that alienation of labor, as he originally envisioned it, is not merely about alienation from the profits of labor, but alienation from the purpose of labor: working on something because someone in charge tells you to work on it is inherently dehumanizing, no matter how the profits are distributed. We need a personal connection to our labor, to personally see the ways in which our labor benefits our community! Even under Lenin and Mao, the USSR and PRC were alienating laborers from their own labor by assigning jobs to them instead of letting them pick and choose among the jobs that needed to be done.

And the very concept that some people deserve to rule over others, to lord over them with "superior information" and tell them what to do, is inherently kyriarchal and eugenics-adjacent, making it very easy to slide into red-brown fascism and to perpetuate sexist/racist/queermisic/ableist beliefs. Everybody gets it wrong sometimes! Marx, Lenin, Mao, Trotsky, but anarchist writers too! The more power you concentrate into fewer hands, the worse the consequences when we inevitably make mistakes, and then we have the instinctual human response to not want to admit that we fucked up and to pretend that the mistake never happened, and the bigger the scope of the harm the stronger that instinct is when it kicks in.

(It's also weird the sheer number of MLs who stan Putin's capitalist kleptocracy in 2023, as if communism and capitalism themselves were always just strategies in a global football game between empires over whether the East or the West deserved total power over everyone else in the world. I can honestly understand China stans more than Russia stans, because China is at least nominally still communist, even if it abandoned Maoism ages ago. But MLs really should be pointing more at Cuba or Vietnam than at any imperial power if they want to convince us that statist communism can actually work for the people.)

[jezabatlovesbats]

What your Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart OTP says about you.

(THIS IS ALL A JOKE, so please don't take it seriously. I was inspired by @erin-the-epic's videos to do this.)

Badgerclops/Mao Mao- If you were also in the Unikitty fandom, Frock would be your OTP for that show.

Tanya Keys/Mao Mao- You headcanon that they once dated, and you think they have a chance of getting back together.

Orangusnake/Mao Mao- You're an avid reader of enemies-to-lovers fanfics.

Badgerclops/Tanya Keys- You think Badgerclops can treat Tanya better than Mao Mao.

Adorabat/anyone- STOP IT! Get some help!

Orangusnake/King Snugglemagne- You think if they got married, becoming royalty could make Orangusnake a more powerful villain.

Mao Mao/King Snugglemagne- You think if they got married, becoming royalty could help Mao Mao feel good about himself.

Eugene/Mao Mao- You want to take Mao Mao being a father figure to Adorabat to the next level.

Coby/Tanner- You see their "fusion" as a Garnet-type situation.

Benny/Penny- You thought their watermelon wedding looked pretty, or tasty.

Ol' Blue/Muffins- You like the sound of their ship name (Blueberry Muffins), and I don't blame you.

Slim Pigguns/Pinky- Ooooh! I like your style, pal. >:)

Mao Mao/Bao Bao- STOP IT! Get some help!

Honey/Mao Mao- You just think their personalities could rub off on each other.

Mao Mao/Poppy- The Poppy in question is the Trolls character. Yes, this is really a thing. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwPiMDZe3uM)

[daimonclub]

Labor Day

Labor day quotes and history Labor Day, an article that explains the history, the major facts, the meaning, the celebrations and quotes to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. Labor Day in New York and in the USA is a bit like the equivalent of our International Workers' Day to be celebrated on May 1 of each year, a tradition that continues to this day in more than 60 countries. In America it is a national holiday which in the Big Apple brings folkloristic and festive events along the streets of the city . It is officially celebrated on the first Monday of September (Monday 2 September 2024), even if the celebration extends to the entire weekend preceding it, with the organization of various events and manifestations. Our labour preserves us from three great evils - weariness, vice, and want. Voltaire, Candide The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death. Michel de Montaigne He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist. Saint Francis of Assisi I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence. Eugene Debs You count the waves. (Labour in vain.) Proverb, (Latin) To have one's labour for one's pains. Proverb The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. Anatole France In vain our labours are, whatsoe'er they be, unless God gives the Benediction. Robert Herrick What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones, The labor of an age in pilèd stones, Or that his hallowed relics should be hid, Under a star-y-pointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? John Milton The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense. Arnold Bennett Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth. Criss Jami Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work. Mao Zedong No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. Thomas Carlyle Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. Thomas Carlyle We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it. Louis-Ferdinand Celine The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures. Luc De Clapiers A man's best friends are his ten fingers. Robert Collyer Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working. Orville Dewey He that hath a trade hath an estate; He that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. Benjamin Franklin Labor is the source of all wealth and all culture. Ferdinand Lassalle Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. John Florio I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management. Jean Giraudoux Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. Samuel Johnson Labor is the curse of the world, and nobody can meddle with it without becoming proportionately brutalized. Nathaniel Hawthorne If a little labor, little are our gains. Man's fortunes are according to his pains. Robert Herrick Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will. Josiah Gilbert Holland Life gives nothing to man without labor. Horace Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. Robert Green Ingersoll Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. Thomas Jefferson Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man. Samuel Johnson Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. Joseph Joubert Syzygy, inexorable, pancreatic, phantasmagoria --- anyone who can use those four words in one sentence will never have to do manual labor. W.P. Kinsella Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor. Sri Anandamayi Ma I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living. John D. Rockefeller The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor. Jim Rohn It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided, but the men divided into mere segments of men, broken into small fragments and crumbs of life, so that all the little piece of intelligence that is left in a man is not enough to make a pin, or a nail, but exhausts itself in making the point of a pin or the head of a nail. John Ruskin There is no real wealth but the labor of man. Percy Bysshe Shelley Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. Samuel Smiles If a man loves the labor of his trade apart from any question of success or fame, the Gods have called him. Robert Louis Stevenson The biggest labor problem is tomorrow. Brigham Young

Labor Day, facts and quotes Labour Day (Labor Day in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. For most countries, Labour Day is synonymous with, or linked with, International Workers' Day, which occurs on 1 May. For other countries, Labour Day is celebrated on a different date, often one with special significance for the labour movement in that country. Labour Day is a public holiday in many countries. Labor Day is a federal holiday and falls on the first Monday of September every year. It was initially organized to celebrate labor unions and their contributions to the United States' economy. Labor Day is a public holiday. It is a day off for the general population, so all Government offices, organizations, and schools and most businesses are closed. Many cities, towns, and neighborhoods organize and hold public celebrations such as firework displays, picnics, and barbecues. Labor Day 2020 will occur on Monday, September 7. Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894. Labor Day weekend also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans, and is celebrated with parties, street parades and athletic events. Many residents take advantage of the long Labor Day weekend to take a last summer trip. Because of this, there may be traffic congestion on highways and at airports. Public transit systems do not usually operate on their regular timetables. For students, Labor Day is the last chance to take a break before school starts again for the fall session. The American football season begins on or around Labor Day, and many teams play their first game of the season during the Labor Day weekend. The first Labor Day was held in 1882, and its origins stem from the Central Labor Union's desire to create a holiday for workers. It became a federal holiday in 1894. Originally, it was intended that the day would be filled with a street parade to allow the public to appreciate the trade and labor organizations' work. After the parade, a festival was to be held to amuse local workers and their families. In later years, prominent men and women had speeches. This is less common now but is sometimes seen in election years. One of the reasons for choosing to celebrate this on the first Monday in September, and not on May 1, which is common in the rest of the world, was to add a holiday in the long gap between Independence Day in July and Thanksgiving in November. In the late 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in order to eke out a basic living. Despite restrictions in some states, children as young as 5 or 6 toiled in mills, factories and mines across the country, earning a fraction of their adult counterparts’ wages.

Labor Day parades and celebrations People of all ages, particularly the very poor and recent immigrants, often faced extremely unsafe working conditions, with insufficient access to fresh air, sanitary facilities and breaks. As manufacturing increasingly supplanted agriculture as the wellspring of American employment, labor unions, which had first appeared in the late 18th century, grew more prominent and vocal. They began organizing strikes and rallies to protest poor conditions and compel employers to renegotiate hours and pay. Many of these events turned violent during this period, including the infamous Haymarket Riot of 1886, in which several Chicago policemen and workers were killed. Others gave rise to longstanding traditions: On September 5, 1882, 10,000 workers took unpaid time off to march from City Hall to Union Square in New York City, holding the first Labor Day parade in U.S. history. The idea of a “workingmen’s holiday,” celebrated on the first Monday in September, caught on in other industrial centers across the country, and many states passed legislation recognizing it. Congress would not legalize the holiday until 12 years later, when a watershed moment in American labor history brought workers’ rights squarely into the public’s view. On May 11, 1894, employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago went on strike to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives. On June 26, the American Railroad Union, led by Eugene V. Debs, called for a boycott of all Pullman railway cars, crippling railroad traffic nationwide. To break the Pullman strike, the federal government dispatched troops to Chicago, unleashing a wave of riots that resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen workers. Who Created Labor Day? In the wake of this massive unrest and in an attempt to repair ties with American workers, Congress passed an act making Labor Day a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories. On June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed it into law. More than a century later, the true founder of Labor Day has yet to be identified. Many credit Peter J. McGuire, cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, while others have suggested that Matthew Maguire, a secretary of the Central Labor Union, first proposed the holiday. Labor Day is still celebrated in cities and towns across the United States with parades, picnics, barbecues, fireworks displays and other public gatherings. For many Americans, particularly children and young adults, it represents the end of the summer and the start of the back-to-school season. Labor Day is in good company since the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968 changed several holidays to ensure they would always be observed on Mondays so that federal employees could have more three-day weekends, and so other holidays that always fall on Mondays include: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, George Washington’s Birthday (or “President’s Day”); Memorial Day; Columbus Day. Here are the major U.S. holidays. In some cases, businesses, government offices, and schools will be closed, and also the International Days list. New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day MLK Jr. Day President’s Day Valentine’s Day St. Patrick’s Day Easter/Spring Break Mother’s Day Memorial Day Father’s Day 4th of July Labor Day Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas Eve Christmas Day International Days List Read the full article