Forgetfulness. Eduardo Galeano
MAY 1
CHICAGO is filled with factories. There factories to in the heart of the city, around the world tallest building. Chicago is full of factories, Chicago is full of workers.
On reaching the neighborhood of Heymarket, ask my friends to show me the where they were hanged in 1886, those workers that the world presents each May 1 -It be here, "he said. But nobody knows. No statue was erected in memory of the martyrs of Chicago in the city of Chicago. Or statue, or monolith, or brass plate or anything.
May The first day is the only truly universal humanity, match the one day where all the stories and all geographies, all languages \u200b\u200band religions and cultures world, but in the United States, the first of May is an ordinary day. That day, people work normally, and no, or almost nobody recalls that the rights of the working class have sprung from the ear of a goat, or the hand of God or master.
After futile exploration of Heymarket, my friends took me to see the best bookstore in the city. And there, out of curiosity, by chance, I discovered an old poster that is like waiting, in among many other movie posters and rock music.
The poster reproduces a proverb from Africa:
Until the lions have their own historians, tales of hunting will glorify the hunter.
Eduardo Galeano
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