A World of Goldfish

 Well, the war on the poor is now in full swing. Many migrants who, for years and years, have come to this country to do the jobs white Americans refuse to do, are now under attack from this blatantly Racist and xenophobic regime. Mostly construction labour, harvesters and fruit and vegetable pickers, and service workers. This year has seen record numbers of unharvested crops, literally rot off the vine because of bigotry,  from white supremacist politicians in the Republican party. They sabotaged this countries own stability, to stick it to some of the hardest working people in this country.  All because of hate. Immigrant farm labourers are notoriously underpaid, and abused by a system that keeps them in poverty.  Many unions protect farmers from being abused by trade, but not migrants employed as agricultural labourers, and those employed in the domestic services of any person, family or home. So nannies and gardeners, fruit pickers and vegetable harvesters are ex...

 We seem to be defined by our display of flags... Each person more than likely owns one. Most are National flags representative of the country one resides in, or was born into. Some are school banners, where one was educated, while others represent their favourite sports teams. Even unions have flags,  and yet others pop out of toy guns to elicit a comical response with the word "BANG" written on them. The worst in my opinion are flags that honour cults. The KKK carried flags in parades since the early 1900's with phrases like "America First" and "Make America Great Again" both slogans have adorned flags and hats celebrating the resurgence of oppression by both Trump administrations. They carry what one might initially consider a positive message, but they honestly only convey the incendiary message of segregation and racist hate.  Many who embrace that flag also adhere to the Nazi swastika flag, a symbol recognized as the banner for those who would co...