the Farmer-Labor movement in Minnesota

[mellowtigger]

I just finished watching the premier of "The Farmer-Labor Movement: A Minnesota Story" on a local Public Broadcasting station. It was fascinating and uplifting history about "the most successful third party in U.S. political history".

I've written before about our state's DFL (not merely Democrat) party and its relation to the Wizard Of Oz story. This video finally explains in detail how and why this history came to be. It's such a wonderful story that gives me hope. Technically, Minnesota is a "purple" state (mixture of conservative "red" and liberal "blue" voters), but even so it has a long history of progressive politics. I didn't know until tonight that a Minnesota governor once deployed troops to protect the workers against the businesses!

I've written before that people should move away from the conservative states that have become so dangerous. Honestly, why wouldn't everyone move here, where the water is plentiful and the societal fabric is stronger than elsewhere?

Watch this film, if you get an opportunity. Please consider moving to Minnesota, where many people loudly proclaim the failures of monopolies, capitalism, and McCarthy-style fear-mongering, while simultaneously promoting farmer cooperatives, labor unions, and creative thinking for sustainable futures for all. As I've said more than once, Minnesota politics offers exactly my kind of crazy.