Just watched "Grapes of Wrath"

[unionworks]

...and saw the tents of Occupy in the tent cities of transient workers. They are the same people. Dealing with the same issues. It was spooky. And tear jerking.

[amerikat]

1. love that film

Capitalism fails on a regular time frame.The best time this country ever saw was when unions had power.

[1620rock]

2. The book is even better, I've read the book three times in the last 50 years.

[LuvNewcastle]

4. It is a great book.

I first read it in high school and it became a major influence on my views regarding politics and religion. I hope they're still making kids read it today.

[patrice]

3. I read recently that Charlie Chaplin was an admirer of John Steinbeck . . .

explains Chaplin's speech at the end of The Great Dictator.

[sabrina 1]

5. I have not seen The Grapes of Wrath, but it's on my list.

Rachel Maddow received the Steinbeck Award this year, btw. His son said his father would have loved her.

[patrice]

8. You might also like Bound for Glory, with one of the Carridines, Woodie Guthrie biopic.

[unionworks]

9. I enjoyed

...."Bound for Glory". I love Woody's music, it is as pertinent today as it was back then.

[patrice]

11. I bought a Woodie Guthrie songbook. Now all I need is some way of getting the key right so

I can learn to sing these songs a cappella.

[Magoo48]

6. This fight for equality, justice and respect is as old as recorded history, at least.

Sometimes the "people" move ahead in certain societies; sometimes we fall back. I support people and groups who I believe have a desire for a kinder and inclusive future. The struggle will continue because it is good. Will the light triumph over the dark side anytime soon? I'm not sure I know what that would look like. Occupy

[CanonRay]

7. I always try to watch it

my wife finds it too depressing, but I find it inspiring, that we came back from that terrible depression, maybe we can do it again.

[KoKo]

10. Lots of stuff we all probably need to re-watch in Movies or Re-Read in Books..

going back to folks who trod our same paths through perilous times...when actually the issues weren't much different...(except that many of us think our Tech Age has evolved us way past early 20th Century)...yet...the problems remain and it's good to read or watch history...because they say: History doesn't repeat...yet it rhymes."

Thanks for this post.

[Magoo48]

12. So true...

I listened to MLK's "All labor has dignity" speech on Pacifica Radio yesterday. Soooo powerful, and still so relevant.....peace