Song of the Day 9/6: The Clash, “Career Opportunities”

I’d normally highlight unions on Labor Day, but with 36% of the U.S. workforce is now part of the gig economy, so they aren’t even employees in the traditional sense. Though Joe Strummer and Mick Jones wrote this about the recession-ravaged ’70s in Britain, its message will last as long as capitalism.

The song appeared on the first Clash album, released in Britain in 1977 but available only as an expensive import in the U.S. until 1979.