{"id":87719,"date":"2018-08-31T17:45:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T21:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2022-07-09T16:05:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T20:05:05","slug":"labor-day-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/labor-day-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Day 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Southeast Michigan<\/strong> is, in many ways, the birthplace of the American Middle Class<\/a><\/strong>. Labor Day<\/strong> is here again the celebrate the working man’s contribution to America. But in 2018 the working class is under siege<\/a>. One way to celebrate labors’ contribution is to look at the artifacts of the last time the economy was so out of whack.<\/p>\n

Detroit Industry<\/h3>\n

One magnificent artifact is “Detroit Industry<\/em><\/a><\/strong>” at the Detroit Institute of Arts<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0“Detroit Industry<\/a><\/em>” is a four-wall mural created by Diego Rivera<\/strong><\/a> in 1932-1933. The murals depict the history of Detroit and the development of industry.<\/p>\n

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The DIA commissioned\u00a0Detroit Industry<\/em>, with backing from DIA patron Edsel Ford<\/a>. The only request was that the murals address the history of Detroit and the development of industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Diego Rivera<\/h3>\n

Rivera and his spouse Frida Kahlo<\/a> arrived in Detroit in 1932 during the depths of the “Great Depression.”\u00a0 He completed the fresco in 1933. The images show Rivera\u2019s take<\/a> on big-time American capitalism. They simultaneously glorify the culture of the modern factory as well as slyly savaging the men in charge.<\/p>\n

This panel, from the north wall. “Production and Manufacture of Engine and Transmission<\/em>,” is based on Rivera\u2019s observations of the 1932 Ford V-8 being produced at Ford<\/strong> Motor Company<\/a>‘s (F<\/a>) River Rouge factory<\/strong><\/a>. Rivera’s work represented a multiracial workforce was an important aspect of his idealism.<\/p>\n

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The 1% and their wanna-be fellow travelers have out-organized the working class to pick a president to further tip the scales in their favor.<\/em><\/p>\n

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