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Scipes: Bullshit!

Forum Post, June, 07 2012 Kim Scipes
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I totally disagree with Steve Horn's claim that people in general are attracted to right wing populism.  He makes this claim, sounding very authoritative, but presents no evidence for it. But it's so simple--it SOUNDS good.  How...

Street: The right to socially and environmentally useful and necessary work

Forum Post, June, 04 2012 Paul Street
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I am afraid I must concur with this excellent critique by Shamus Cooke. There is just nothing mysterious about the core demand that any left sociopolitical  movement worth its salt should be making:  significant taxation of the rich (the...

Adamcik: Re: Imagining the Post-Occupy Social Movement

Forum Post, June, 02 2012 David Adamcik
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I agree that the goals should be more focused. Bring it up at the next local GA. The part I like is: "In the United States, the number one concern of most people today - says numerous polls - is jobs. Occupy could demand that the federal govern...

Emersberger: Very sensible piece Shamus, as usual.

Forum Post, June, 02 2012 Joe Emersberger
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Guimond: Re: BC Teachers' strike

Forum Post, April, 16 2012 Andre Guimond
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Phyllis, Your comment "support for [teachers in BC] is not as close to unanimous as Ms Hawkins might like to think" seems unfair; the author never made such a claim. She noted that the "teachers were seeing widespread support"...

Reeve: BC Teachers' strike

Forum Post, April, 15 2012 Phyllis Reeve
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It is important to note Nancy Hawkins' position as vice-president of the Teachers' Association. Hers is scarcely an objective account. On the other hand, perhaps an objective account is not possible in this unfortunate situation. Our ...

Kensington: Re: Wrong video

Forum Post, March, 24 2012 Andrew Kensington
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The entire video is over here: Noam Chomsky speaks to Dutch activists on various topics - YouTube

Karman: arrogance?

Forum Post, March, 21 2012 Leen Karman
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perhaps someone can explain me - what is a "left" intellectual - who forced the disconnection, how, when - why do working people need left intellectuals to improve their life (I mean: the life of the working man,  not the life of th...

Goodrich: Wrong video

Forum Post, March, 20 2012 John Goodrich
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The video does not seem to match the description . It's good but not what was advertised.

Howe: Complicity

Forum Post, March, 14 2012 Ken Howe
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Unions have of course evolved under capitalism and share in its contradictions. Corporations constantly bat for both sides, so we can expect unions will too.

Bohmer: Important article

Forum Post, March, 02 2012 Peter Bohmer
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Worth reading; in-depth analysis of attempt to further weaken Mexican labor.

Polson:

Forum Post, March, 02 2012 Rufus Polson
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Just goes to show there's plenty of pushback against "El Proceso", even or perhaps especially in government and ostensibly Bolivarian circles.  I hope the workers win this one.  I'll be looking for news on this subject,...

Calley: Oliver Stone where are you?

Forum Post, February, 26 2012 Charles Calley
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The great strike at Lawrence, Mass. in 1912 would make a great movie.  The wealthy mill owner declared that the mill was "strike proof" because the workers were isolated ethnically and spoke 19 different languages.  But Joe Hil...

Szczepanczyk: Press Release from UE

Forum Post, February, 26 2012 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Here's a press release from UE on the end of this occupation: http://chicago.indymedia.org/node/226

Jones: Fork in the Road

Forum Post, February, 26 2012 David Jones
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Had the AFL listened to the IWW and adopted industrial unionism and a committment to change the structure of society labor would not be decimated, as it is today. Their anti-war (WWI) stance hurt them but Mc Carthyism was really the death blow, w...

Rissler: Venezuela, which one?

Forum Post, February, 04 2012 Mike Rissler
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This article is a good example of why ZNET is so important, along with a handful of other internet sources.  We never here in the U.S. hear anything positive or progressive about Venezuela in the media, mainstream.  And, whenever I run i...

Houston: Create a new national party

Forum Post, January, 28 2012 Nicholas Houston
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Given the on-going lamenting of the lack of commitment of Obama and the Democrats to the union movement why do unions continue to support the Democrats? Surely the time has come to direct the money and support elsewhere. Surely enough time has pas...

Rissler: This sounds right

Forum Post, December, 25 2011 Mike Rissler
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For the past year or more, whenever I have been in a Walmart store I have started up a brief conversation with a worker or two.  I don't like to shop at Walmart, but occasionally I have.  The work environment of Walmart is obvious to...

Emersberger: I strongly agree with Cooke

Forum Post, December, 15 2011 Joe Emersberger
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The Occupy movement took off becaue it picked an incredibly vulnerable target (the totally unmasked and bailed out  financial industry) and a tactic that proved impsosible for the corporate press to ignore. It held its ground. Th...

Jones: Depends

Forum Post, December, 14 2011 David Jones
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It really depends on your notion of how deep the crisis is that sparked Occupy in the first place.  The modest demands you list have been around since the 1970's and everyday (for all these years)  we get a mailbox full of pitches by...