In 1955 Nikita Khrushchev proclaimed Vladimir Lenin’s birthday both a national Soviet holiday and a day “for cleaning the streets of garbage, fixing public amenities, collecting recyclable material, and other community services.”
In 1970 early eco-warriors–with entirely incidental socialist tendencies–“accidentally” absconded the identical date for Earth Day in the US. In true leftist fashion the now global “celebration” known as Earth Day uses the power of the Sorelian myth to organize the proletariat to action.
Welcome to the collective comrade. April 22nd it the Socialist subbotnik in celebration of Vladimir Lenin.
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Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, complaint department, Op-ed editor, gatekeeper (most likely to miss typos because he has no editor), and contributor at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, The Republican Volunteer Coalition, has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.
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In 1955 Nikita Khrushchev proclaimed Vladimir Lenin’s birthday both a national Soviet holiday and a day “for cleaning the streets of garbage, fixing public amenities, collecting recyclable material, and other community services.”