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CONFRONTING REVOLUTION: A SIQUEIROS AESTHETIC
September 04 - October 27, 2010

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Presenting a rare and vast collection of prints, photographs, and
publications featuring Mexican muralist and political activist, David =
Alfaro
Siqueiros (1896 -1974), Jos=E9 Vera Gallery is proud to present =
Confronting
Revolution: A Siqueiros Aesthetic, from September 04 - October 27, 2010. =
As
part of the M=E9xico 2010 celebration of Mexico's Bicentennial of =
Independence
and the Centennial of its Revolution, the exhibition presents the =
vision,
politic, and aesthetic, which Siqueiros illustrated in his art and =
political
activity throughout Mexico and beyond. =20

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One of the most influential individuals of the 20th century, Siqueiros =
led a
life devoted to social activism and an innovative artistic practice. =
His
revolutionary commitment and activity, coupled with his monumental art,
became a dynamic medium which Siqueiros utilized as a vehicle to create
social and political reform. While constantly disseminating manifestos =
and
ideas through publications such as El Machete (1924-1929), attractive =
and
appealing graphics created by Siqueiros and many other artists of the =
time
supported and assisted the movement of contemporary social and political
statements and ideals.

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Spanning over 60 years of work, this particular exhibition creates a
focused perspective of Siqueiros' involvement and contribution to
printmaking and the graphic-arts movement of Mexico. Featured in the
exhibition, among many other works, is a portfolio of ten prints =
entitled
"Canto General", inspired by the epic poem written by Pablo Neruda in =
1950.
The prints from this suite truly convey the intriguing, powerful, and
seductive hand of Siqueiros.

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In addition, we have developed an extensive calendar of cultural
programming supporting the exhibition during the months of September and
October 2010, featuring A Print Dialogue: Siqueiros and the Graphic =
Arts, a
panel discussion in collaboration with The Autry National Center,
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6pm at
The Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock. Sponsored by the Autry and Jos=E9 =
Vera
Gallery and hosted by Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, the panel =
discussion
will focus on artist David Alfaro Siqueiros as a printmaker and graphic
artist advancing a populist political agenda.

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The exhibition will run from Saturday, September 04 - Wednesday, October =
27,
2010 at Jos=E9 Vera Gallery in Los Angeles. The opening reception will =
take
place on Saturday, September 04, 2010 from 6-10pm. The event is free =
and
open to the public. For more information go to www.joseveragallery.com =
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contact: <mailto:Jennifer@joseveragallery.com> =
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Opening Reception - 6-10pm: Confronting Revolution: A Siqueiros =
Aesthetic

Saturday, September 18, 2010 =20
Panel Discussion | Reception - 6-9:30pm: A Print Dialogue: Siqueiros & =
the
Graphic Arts=20

Featuring panelists Mark Vallen - artist|writer , Wayne Alaniz Healy -
muralist, Lynn LaBate - independent curator, Luis Ituarte -
artist|cultural entrepreneur, Catha Paquette - art historian, and =
moderator
Cynthia McMullen - MOLAA Senior Curator. =20

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followed by
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A video on Muerte al invasor, with research by art historian Isabel
Rojas-Williams, will be presented at Jos=E9 Vera Gallery. =
Rojas-Williams'
video Siqueiros: a muralist in exile, includes murals from USA, =
Argentina, &
Chile, focused on Muerte al invasor in Chile, the mural Rojas-Williams
documented following the 8.8 magnitude that affected Chile on February =
27th,
2010.

Saturday, October 2, 2010:
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Featuring music and poetry from local Los Angeles artists, this evening =
will
feature an eclectic presentation of artistry exploring the worlds of =
music
and literature!

Saturday, October 9, 2010:
Printmaking Workshop with Tyler Ferreira- MFA California State =
University
Long Beach

Register TODAY for a printmaking workshop featuring Los Angeles-based
artist|teacher Tyler Ferreira at Jos=E9 Vera Gallery. This class is =
open to
beginning levels and will explore various printmaking techniques (15 =
years
of age required.) To register or for further details, please contact
Jennifer at 323-258-5050 or Jennifer@joseveragallery.com *CLASS SIZE
LIMITED*=20
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Film Screening - 7pm: M=E9xico and the Graphic Arts=20
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Saturday, October 23, 2010:
Multi-media presentation - 6:30-8:30pm: MARK VALLEN, artist | writer=20

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Siqueiros Aesthetic and a lecture featuring Gregorio Luke. Focusing on =
the
original prints of David Alfaro Siqueiros featured in the exhibition
Confronting Revolution: A Siqueiros Aesthetic,Luke will provide a
perspective of the graphics arts which Siqueiros created throughout his
lifetime. To view more about Gregorio Luke, please visit:
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Presenting a =
rare and
vast collection of prints, photographs, and publications =
featuring
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(1896
-1974), <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
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is proud to present =
Confronting Revolution: A Siqueiros =
Aesthetic,
from September 04 - October 27, 2010.  As part of the M=E9xico
2010 celebration of Mexico's Bicentennial =
of Independence
and the Centennial of its Revolution, the exhibition presents =
the
vision, politic, and aesthetic, which Siqueiros illustrated in =
his art
and political activity throughout Mexico and beyond.  =
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One of the =
most
influential individuals of the 20th century, =
Siqueiros led a
life devoted to social activism and an innovative artistic
practice.  His revolutionary commitment and activity, =
coupled with
his monumental art, became a dynamic medium which Siqueiros =
utilized as
a vehicle to create social and political reform. While =
constantly
disseminating manifestos and ideas through publications such as =
El
Machete (1924-1929), attractive and appealing graphics created =
by
Siqueiros and many other artists of the time supported and =
assisted the
movement of contemporary social and political statements and =
ideals.<o:p></o:p>
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nt
color=3Dblack face=3DTimes><o:p></o:p>
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size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DVerdana>Spanning over =
60
years of work, this particular exhibition creates a focused =
perspective
of Siqueiros' involvement and contribution to printmaking and =
the
graphic-arts movement of <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>.  =
Featured in the
exhibition, among many other works, is a portfolio of ten prints
entitled "Canto General", inspired by the epic poem =
written
by Pablo Neruda in 1950.  The prints from this suite truly =
convey
the intriguing, powerful, and seductive hand of =
Siqueiros.<o:p></o:p>
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nt
color=3Dblack face=3DTimes><o:p></o:p>
 <fo=
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size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DVerdana>In addition, =
we have
developed an extensive calendar of cultural programming =
supporting the
exhibition during the months of September and October 2010, =
featuring A Print Dialogue: Siqueiros and the Graphic =
Arts, a panel =
discussion
in collaboration with The Autry National Center, <a
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Saturday, September
18, 6pm at The Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock.  Sponsored =
by the
Autry and <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Jos=E9</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Vera</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Gallery</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
and hosted by Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, the panel =
discussion
will focus on artist David Alfaro Siqueiros as a printmaker and =
graphic
artist advancing a populist political agenda.<o:p></o:p>
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The exhibition =
will
run from Saturday, September 04 - Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at =
<st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Jos=E9</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Vera</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Gallery</st1:PlaceName> in <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City>.  The =
opening
reception will take place on Saturday, September 04, 2010 from
6-10pm.  The event is free and open to the public.  =
For more
information go to www.joseveragallery.com or contact: =
<a
href=3D"mailto:Jennifer@joseveragallery.com" target=3D"_blank" =
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***THE AUTRY IS NOW OFFERING A SPECIAL OFFER TO OUR =
GALLERY
SUBSCRIBERS!*** 
 
20% Off Dual Membership to =
the <st1:place
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The Autry museum in =
<st1:PlaceName
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is pleased to offer <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
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subscribers 20% off of Dual Memberships.  
 
For the discounted price of $44, you will receive: 
  
- Free invitation to the opening party for Siqueiros in =
<st1:City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Los =
Angeles</st1:place></st1:City>:
Censorship Defied on September 23, 2010 
- Unlimited free museum admission for one full year 
- Free admission to Sizzling Summer Nights 
- 10% discount at the Museum Store (recently voted "Best =
Gifts in
a Museum Shop" by <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Los
Angeles</st1:place></st1:City> magazine) 
- 10% discount at the Museum cafe 
  
To redeem this special offer, please call 323-667-2000 ext. 326 =
and
mention "<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Jose</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Vera</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Gallery</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>." 
 
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is proud to present:=
 
 
Confronting Revolution: A Siqueiros =
Aesthetic 
Calendar =
of =
Cultural Programming September 4 - October 27, =
2010 =
 
 
Saturday, September 4, 2010 
Opening Reception - 6-10pm: =
Confronting
Revolution: A Siqueiros Aesthetic 
 
Saturday, September 18, 2010  =
 
Panel Discussion | =
Reception - =
6-9:30pm: =
A
Print Dialogue: Siqueiros & the Graphic =
Arts 
 
Featuring panelists Mark Vallen - artist|writer , =
Wayne
Alaniz Healy - muralist,  Lynn LaBate - =
independent
curator,  Luis Ituarte - artist|cultural
entrepreneur,  Catha Paquette - art historian, and
moderator Cynthia McMullen - MOLAA Senior Curator.  =
 
 
*PLEASE NOTE* 
The panel discussion will be taking place at The Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock: 2225 =
Colorado
Blvd. , Los Angeles, CA 90041 from 6-7:30pm, followed by a VIP
reception at Jos=E9 Vera =
Gallery
from 7:30 - 9:30pm. 
 
For further details =
visit: 
 
1)   <a
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linktype=3Dlink>http://www.joseveragallery.com/</a> 
 
2)   <a
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s/a-print-dialogue-
siqueiros-and-the-graphic-arts</a> 
3)   <a
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href=3D"http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=3D6jt5umdab&et=3D1103658821088&=
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X0alJoUAYtUYrPF5ztWu8rUSslqg=3D=3D"
target=3D"_blank" track=3Don shape=3Drect =
linktype=3Dlink>http://art-for-a-change.com/blog/</a> 
 
 
Friday, October 1, 2010: 
Film Screening | Q & A -  =
7:30 - =
8:30pm: Siqueiros: a =
muralist in
exile 
 
A video on Muerte al invasor, with research by art historian =
Isabel
Rojas-Williams, will be presented at <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Jos=E9</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Vera</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Gallery</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.  Rojas-Williams'
video Siqueiros: a muralist =
in exile,
includes murals from USA, Argentina, & Chile, focused on =
Muerte al
invasor in Chile, the mural  Rojas-Williams documented =
following
the 8.8 magnitude that affected Chile on February 27th, =
2010. 
 
 
Saturday, October 2, 2010: 
Live music | Poetry -  =
7 - =
11pm:
Music, Poetry, & =
Revolution 
Featuring
music and poetry from local <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Los
Angeles</st1:place></st1:City> artists, this evening will =
feature an
eclectic presentation of artistry exploring the worlds of music =
and
literature! 
 
 
Saturday, October 9, 2010: 
Printmaking Workshop with <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Tyler</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Ferreira-</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">MFA</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">California</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType
w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Long =
Beach</st1:place></st1:City> 
 
Register TODAY for a printmaking workshop featuring Los =
Angeles-based
artist|teacher Tyler Ferreira at <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Jos=E9</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Vera</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Gallery</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. =
  This
class is open to beginning levels and will explore various =
printmaking
techniques (15 years of age required.)  To register or for =
further
details, please contact Jennifer at 323-258-5050 or
Jennifer@joseveragallery.com  *CLASS
SIZE LIMITED* 
To view samples of Tyler's work, please visit: <a
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rreira.htm</a> 
 
 
Saturday, October 16, 2010: 
Film Screening - =
7pm:  M=E9xico and the Graphic Arts =
 
*More information to follow.  Time to be determined. 
 
 
Saturday, October 23, 2010: 
Multi-media presentation - =
6:30-8:30pm:  =
MARK
VALLEN, artist | writer =
 
 
Featuring the work, writings, and perspectives of Mark Vallen, =
we look
forward to an evening of dialogue surrounding art, politics, =
culture,
and more.  
To view Mark's biography and blog, please visit: 
<a
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linktype=3Dlink>www.art-for-a-change.com/blog</a> 
 
 
Wednesday, October 27, =
2010: 
CLOSING RECEPTION - 6pm 
Lecture by author GREGORIO LUKE - =
8pm 
 
Please join us for the closing reception for Confronting Revolution: A Siqueiros Aesthetic =
and a
lecture featuring Gregorio Luke.  Focusing on the original =
prints
of David Alfaro Siqueiros featured in the exhibition Confronting Revolution: A Siqueiros =
Aesthetic,Luke
will provide a perspective of the graphics arts which Siqueiros =
created
throughout his lifetime.  To view more about Gregorio Luke, =
please
visit: 
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Opening
Reception
 
Saturday,
September 4, 2010 from 6-10 pm 
*Please note this opening =
will be
taking place the 1st Saturday of September* 
 
Exhibit Dates: =
 
September 04 - October 27, 2010 
 
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Jos=E9</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
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<st1:PlaceName =
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<st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">2012 Colorado =
Blvd.</st1:address></st1:Street> 
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Los =
Angeles</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st=3D"on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">90041</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> 
Phone:  323|258|5050 
Fax:  323|258|3853 
 
Jennifer@joseveragallery.com 
www.joseveragallery.com 
 
Gallery Hours: Daily, 11am - 6pm 
 
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Hi. I've attached notice of a rare if ever such exhibit in L.A. of the
great Mexican muralist, David Alfaro Siquieros. It opens today.
For those who won't get the attachment, it's at the Jose Vera Gallery,
2012 Colorado Blvd. L.A. , 90041, 323-258-5050. Check it out at
www.joseveragallery.com. Here is some copy:

September 04 - October 27, 2010

Presenting a rare and vast collection of prints, photographs, and
publications featuring Mexican muralist and political activist, David Alfaro
Siqueiros (1896 -1974), José Vera Gallery is proud to present Confronting
Revolution: A Siqueiros Aesthetic, from September 04 - October 27, 2010. As
part of the México 2010 celebration of Mexico's Bicentennial of Independence
and the Centennial of its Revolution, the exhibition presents the vision,
politic, and aesthetic, which Siqueiros illustrated in his art and political
activity throughout Mexico and beyond.

Spanning over 60 years of work, this particular exhibition creates a focused
perspective of Siqueiros' involvement and contribution to printmaking and
the graphic-arts movement of Mexico. Featured in the exhibition, among many
other works, is a portfolio of ten prints entitled "Canto General", inspired
by the epic poem written by Pablo Neruda in 1950. The prints from this
suite truly convey the intriguing, powerful, and seductive hand of
Siqueiros.

***

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/09/03-11

Honoring Those Who Toil

by Ralph Nader
CommonDreams.org: September 3, 2010

What does Labor Day mean anymore other than another day off, another store
sale and, in some cities, parades ever smaller and more devoid of passion
for elevating the well-being of working people?

Philosopher/mechanic Matthew B. Crawford, in his recent, embracing book,
Shop Craft as Soulcraft has a thoughtful consideration. He deflates the
high-prestige workplace and makes the case for millions of Americans who
still make and fix things with their hands.

"I want to suggest we can take a broader view of what a good job might
consist of, and therefore what kind of education is important. We seem to
have developed an educational monoculture, tied to a vision of what kind of
work is valuable and important - everyone gets herded into a certain track
where they end up working in an office, regardless of their natural bents.
But some people, including some who are very smart, would rather be
learning to build things or fix things. Why not honor that? I think one
reason we don't is that we've had this fantasy that we're going to somehow
take leave of material reality and glide around in a pure information
economy."

Dr. Crawford has a PhD in political philosophy and is a mechanic who runs
Shockoe Moto, an independent motorcycle repair shop in Richmond, Virginia.
This gives him a deep sense of skill and broader perspective with which to
evaluate these ways of satisfying one's value of locally-rooted work. He
contrasts these traits with the deadening assembly line and computer focused
office work, both of which can be outsourced on the whims of a boss.

The Winsted, Connecticut Deck's Fix-It Shop, operated joyously by an aunt
and her nephew, until they retired last year, would have been exhibit A for
Dr. Crawford. They fixed hundreds of different products brought to them by
the townspeople. Their small shop was filled horizontally and vertically
with items donated, about to be fixed or were unfixable by the
manufacturers' design. They could have charged a museum entrance fee for
browsing if their shop had more room. Oh, what pride they regularly took in
their work.

Electricians, plumbers, carpenters, painters, tailors, car and bike
repairers, restorers of stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners, furnaces,
locks, windows, sidewalks and streets enjoy a special kind of personal job
gratification that is alien to the pre-designed, robotic labors of their
friends who come home every day with clean clothes.

I've often wondered why the knowledge of tradespeople about the best,
middling and worst brands of equipment, products and materials they work
with or have to install (such as furnaces) isn't collected by some magazine
or consumer group. After all Angie's List is surveying what their customers
around the country think about the quality of the service.

Along with the repairers, we should recognize the inspectors-millions of
them working for government agencies and companies to assure that health and
safety laws are observed and quality controls are maintained. They are the
meat and poultry inspectors, OSHA and Customs inspectors, sanitation
inspectors of food stores and restaurants, motor vehicle inspectors,
nuclear, chemical and aircraft inspectors, inspectors of laboratories,
hospitals, clinics, building code inspectors and the insurance inspectors
assigned to loss prevention duties.

The more conscientious of these inspectors are vulnerable to being
over-ridden by their less committed superiors (such as meat inspectors for
the U.S. Department of Agriculture) or harassed (inspectors for the U.S.
Forest Service on corporately exploited federal timber land.) Sometimes
inspectors so commit their conscience to their work that they become
whistle-blowers about safety hazards or hanky panky, which too often invites
career-ending retaliation.

How little attention we devote to those inspectors who are sentinels for the
well-being of the American people. As a result, the courageous are not
honored-if only to motivate the young to choose these careers. Moreover, a
culture of corruption, that can erode their alertness or burdens them with
weak standards to enforce, escapes exposure.

Then there are the near invisibles-the cleaners who do their thankless but
essential jobs in hotels, airports, bus and train stations, office
buildings, factories, schools, libraries, museums, streets, restaurants and
homes.

Strange how we don't react to cleaners-rarely thanking them or greeting them
with salutations. Notice how airline passengers rush past them on the jetway
while they wait to clean up the messes under severe time pressure. People
who babble incessantly at airports or bus and train stations, while waiting
for their departure, ignore the sweepers and dusters, automatically averting
their eyes, and almost never acknowledging their work.

Taxi drivers are often tipped and thanked. How many hotel maids, who clean
twelve or more soiled rooms and toilets a day, receive any thanks or tips by
the guests? Cleaners are among the lowest paid workers, often handle not the
safest of chemicals, and receive very little respect or recognition. Their
lowly status has to affect their morale and maybe their performance.

Yet what would we do if these workers went on a general strike from the
nursing homes to the garbage trucks? We'd feel it a lot more than if the
overpaid Wall Street traders went on strike.

One day I was at BWI airport and went to the crowded men's room. As I
entered, the elderly cleaning man erupted in frustration. "I'm sick of this
job," he shouted to no one in particular. "Hour after hour I clean up, come
back, see the crap, clean up some more. It never ends," he wailed. The men
who were wiping, flushing, washing, drying and zipping were stunned and
silently shuffled out, as if he wasn't there. I thanked him for his work and
candor, calmed him down and gave him a gratuity. The others looked at me
blankly as if I was dealing with a ghost they never see as a human being.

Cultures can be astonishing. The hands-on workers who harvest our food,
clean up after us, repair our property, look out after our health and safety
conditions and serve as nannies to our children receive few honors, status
or anywhere near the compensation of those who gamble with our money,
entertain us or drive us into wars they don't fight themselves.

Shouldn't Labor Day be a time to gather and contemplate such inverted values
and celebrate those who toil without proper recognition?

Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer, and author. His most recent
book - and first novel - is, Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us. His most
recent work of non-fiction is The Seventeen Traditions.

Ed Pearl

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Honoring Those Who Toil, Rare Siquieros Exhibit opens Today

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