My Jandek Plague Journal: 4/22/20 "How Many Places"

"You go write on the wall, I will not talk in class/Fifty times, go write on the wall/When they sent you back here/Did they make a mistake." Someone on Twitter pointed out that GA's plan to reopen on Friday only includes low-income workers who can't maintain social distancing while doing their jobs. So they'll have to choose between work and survival, but if they choose not to go to work, they no longer qualify for unemployment insurance so the state isn't obligated to pay them. So what, as someone trying to feed your family, are you supposed to do? This also undermines organizing efforts because, as Mumia Abu-Jamal points out, anti-poverty measures like UI help the poor organize for better conditions--they can afford to not work. This staggered return-to-work removes that safety net and divides potential allies: those going to work out of necessity are separated from those who can afford to continue to shelter-in-place. -4/22/20. "How Many Places" from Lost Cause (lyrics) (one week earlier) (one week later)