Monday, September 2, 2019

WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Mayor Lori Lightfoot greets supporters Saturday ahead of the Southeast Side Labor Day parade.
Don Villar, Chicago Federation of Labor
"We're here today because of you, workers. You know, 125 years ago, not far from here, just down the road, is where we had the massive Pullman Strike. They were fighting for the same thing you’re fighting for. They’re fighting for fairness, equality, respect, dignity, the same thing, it seems like 125 years later we’re still fighting the same fight. So this is for you this Labor Day." -- At Southeast Side Labor Day March
Trump
...causes confusion by saying record storm will hit Alabama, forcing national weather service to issue correction. Trump says he has ‘never heard of a category 5’ storm before - a remark he has made repeatedly in recent years. -- Independent
Natascha Elena Uhlmann, author of Abolish Ice
The US spends more than $7bn a year on an agency so universally reviled that even its own agents want to be distanced. What could an alternative vision of justice look like? -- Guardian




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